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AFPC officials begin health records transfer mission to VA - 0 views

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    1/23/2009 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Air Force Personnel Center officials here will begin to transfer health treatment records of retired and separated active, Guard and Reserve Airmen to the Department of Veterans Affairs Feb. 1.
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AF seeks to fill nursing shortfall by educating enlisted | Stars and Stripes - 0 views

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    The service has 3,463 slots, but just 3,195 nurses, a shortfall of 268, according to Col. Donnalee Sykes, Director of AF Nursing Services. To help alleviate the shortage, the Air Force is offering enlisted airmen the chance to earn their nursing degree and become an officer in exchange for a four-year commitment as a nurse
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Elmendorf hospital named best … again - 0 views

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    For the second consecutive year, the Elmendorf hospital was named the best hospital in the Air Force after receiving the Air Force Surgeon General Award Feb. 3.
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Aeromedical missions bring total force partners together - 0 views

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    2/26/2009 - SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) -- Almost 56,000 Soldiers, Marines, Sailors since October 2001 have been aeromedically evacuated supporting expeditionary operations by the total force team of active-duty, Reserve and Guard Airmen.
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Wing program helps Airmen get fit to fight - 0 views

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    Officials in the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing have developed a unique program called the Body Mass Reduction Program which is designed to aid Airmen in achieving a healthy lifestyle while improving their mission capability and contributions to the wing.
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New treatment offers hope for facial paralysis patients - 0 views

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    Patients seeking help for facial paralysis have a new treatment option available now offered by doctors at Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
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Air Force to Use 'Battlefield Acupuncture' for Pain Relief - 0 views

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    "The Air Force will begin teaching 'battlefield acupuncture' early next year to physicians deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan," reports the Baltimore Sun's David Wood. "The initiative marks the first high-level endorsement of acupuncture by the traditionally conservative military medical community, officials said."
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Air Force to receive casualty monitoring system - 0 views

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    The system is a comprehensive, turnkey solution that monitors multiple casualties within 300 yards of a medic or first-response team.
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Airmen take time to help terminally ill children - 0 views

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    12/18/2008 - FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION CURACAO, Netherland Antilles (AFNS) -- Airmen at Forward Operating Location Curacao volunteered their free time to paint, landscape and provide comfort for 13 children at the Siloam Children's Hospice, a home for orphaned, abandoned and terminally ill children in Curacao.
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DECLASSIFIED: The Air Force's Social Media Spin Machine - 0 views

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    Last week, we learned that the United States Marine Corps had banned the use of social media sites by its active members. Today, some new information has come
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Air Force Doc Wins Top Science Award - 0 views

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    Maj. (Dr) Vikhyat Bebarta, chief of medical toxicology and a staff emergency physician, is the recipient of the Best Basic Science Research Award, presented by the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), for his research on evaluating treatments for cyanide poisoning.
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MAir Force Acupuncture Video - 0 views

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    Air Force docs use alternative methods of relieving pain.
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