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- [Narrator] The 20th century
was a time of great invention.

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Advances in technology brought us

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new ways to experience life

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and new ways to protect it.

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From the dawn of flight,

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we saw the opportunity to save lives.

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The U.S. Army Air Service
first converted biplanes

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into single patient
medical transports in 1918.

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These early conversions paved the way

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for the first dedicated
aeromedical evacuation aircraft.

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In 1941, the Army was reorganized

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and the U.S. Army Air Forces were formed.

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David Grant became the first air surgeon

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and proposed the first
air evacuation service.

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Later that year, the U.S.
entered World War II.

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Demand for aeromedical evacuation grew.

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So did our capabilities.

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So did our airmen.

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The Air Force was formed as a result

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of the National Security Act of 1947.

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Soon after, new conflicts
brought new challenges.

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We overcame them with
innovation, strength, and force.

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Today's aeromedical evacuation aircraft

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employ the latest in
healthcare technology,

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providing lifesaving
care at a moment's notice

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anywhere on earth.

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From the first single
patient ambulance aircraft

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to today's airborne hospitals

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to the inventions of tomorrow.

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For 100 years, aeromedical evacuation

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has provided Air Force
trusted care anywhere.