Aviat Space Envir Md
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Aviat Space Envir Md · Jun 1986
Biography Historical ArticleStrategic aeromedical evacuation: the inaugural flight.
Strategic aeromedical evacuation, a vital subsystem of the overall aeromedical airlift system, had its beginning in a confidential, poorly planned, poorly coordinated Air Transport Command flight from Karachi, Pakistan (then part of India) to Washington, DC, in January 1943. That the flight was successfully completed was due in large measure to the untiring efforts of the nurse, Second Lieutenant Elsie S. Ott, aboard the flight. ⋯ Largely through Lt. Ott's efforts, long range aeromedical evacuation was demonstrated to be a practicable method of transportation for seriously ill and wounded patients. A new dimension had been added to the overall aeromedical airlift mission.