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BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Maj. Ky Kobayashi, 332nd Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron orthopedic surgeon, and Airman 1st Class Emanuel White, 332 EMDOS surgical technician, prepare to begin surgery on a "patient" in the operating room at the Air Force Theater Hospital here. The operating room staff and doctors perform many hours of surgery on a daily basis on servicemembers as well as some local area citizens. Major Kobayashi and Airman White are deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The photographer of this photo placed herself in the patient's position for this photo. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Emanuel White, 332nd Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron surgical technician, scrubs down the arm of a "patient" before surgery in the operating room at the Air Force Theater Hospital here. Patient preparation and time management are crucial to an operation's success. Airman White is deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The photographer of this photo placed herself in the patient's position for this photo. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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Medical technicians and doctors at the Air Force Theater Hospital emergency room work to stabilize a "patient's" leg injury with a traction splint March 8 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The emergency room staff provides patients with initial critical care and evaluates the next course of action for each trauma patient. As a whole, the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group delivers full-spectrum care to Department of Defense beneficiaries, coalition partners and several injured host-nation patients. The staff shown belongs to the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron. The photo is taken from the patient's perspective. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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Tech. Sgt. Patricia Riordan aids a "patient's" breathing with a bag valve mask at the Air Force Theater Hospital March 8 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The emergency room staff provides patients with initial critical care and evaluates the next course of action needed. Sergeant Riordan is 332nd Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron respiratory therapist deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The photo id taken from the patient's perspective. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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Published April 2, 2008