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			Annual Reports of The Surgeon General Contents FOREWORD A TRIBUTE Summary of Major Accomplishments Redesignation of Hospitals Patient Care and Related Activities Hospital Clinic Care Professional Consultant Activities General Medicine Surgery Psychiatry and Neurology Pathology and Laboratory Activities Pharmacy Nursing Service Dental Service Hospital Food Service Bed Allocations for Veterans Care of Tuberculous Alien Dependents Accreditation of Army Hospitals Armed Services Medical Regulating Activities Dependents' Medical Care Program Army Health Experience and Trends Physical Standards Preventive Medicine Communicable Disease Control Occupational Health Environmental Hygiene Army Health Nursing Nutrition Civil Public Health World Health Data Preventive Medicine Personnel and Training Publications Aviation Medicine Army Aviation Medical Officers Aviation Medicine Training Medical Service Corps Aviators Medical Helicopter Ambulance Detachments Types of Aircraft Organization of Forces Control of Medical Support Operations Changes Affecting Tables of Organization and Equipment Medical Air Ambulance Company Radiological Emergency Medical Teams Ambulance Railway Trains and Convertible Bus-Type Ambulances Tactical-Type Ambulances Atropine Authorization for Theaters of Operations Authorizations of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics Preparedness Lessons Learned in Lebanon Mobilization Program AMEDS Organizational Concept Emergency Checklists A System for Estimating the Medical Load in Nuclear Warfare Combat Development Program Research and Development Medical Research Surgical Research Dental Research Preventive Medicine Research Neuropsychiatry and Psychophysiology Biophysics Research Anti-Radiation Drug Program Oversea Research Development of Materiel Research Grants Information Office Military Personnel Officer Authorizations and Strength Officer Procurement Officer Assignment Officer Promotions Warrant Officer Program Enlisted Personnel Training of Officers Residencies Internships On-the-Job Training in Specialties Postgraduate Professional Short Courses Service School Courses Training in Civilian Institutions Training Guidance Training of Foreign Nationals Medical Education for National Defense Civilian Personnel Recruitment and Strength Increased Authorization for Top-Grade Scientists Control of Civilian-Position and Grade Structure Analysis of Civilian Personnel Management Career Management Planning Revision of Army-Air Force Wage Board Pay System Incentive and Suggestion Awards Medical Supply and Equipment Medical-Dental Division, Army Stock Fund Medical Materiel Program for Nuclear Casualties Allocation of Single-Manager-Owned Mobilization reserve Assets Procurement Federal Supply Catalog Reconstitution of Major Medical Assemblages Mutual Security Program Maintenance of Medical Equipment Depot Supply Operations Fabrication of Spectacles Ambulance Replacement Program Hospital Equipment Program Reorganization of Supply Division, OTSG Veterinary Service Construction New Hospitals Army Medical Research Institute Quarters for Female Officers Family Housing Projects Other Major Projects Management Management Improvement Exchange Program Mechanical Reproduction of Medical Examination Reports Centralized Materiel Section Manual Handling and Control of Narcotics and Drugs Budgeting Mechanized Accounting Automatic Data Processing Systems Study of Army Medical Service Reports Medical Reserve Program Troop Program Status of Units Actions and Programs Advisory Council Meeting Reserve Training Chile Disaster Relief Operations OTSG Reorganization The Surgeon General's Technical Bulletin Release of Information From Medical Records Public Information Medical History Program Tables 1. Movement of patients authorized by Armed Services Medical Regulating Office 2. Physicians' claims processed by the Office for Dependents' Medical Care, from fiscal year 1960 funds 3. Hospital claims processed by the Office for Dependents' Medical Care, from fiscal year 1960 funds 4. Admission rates to hospital and quarters, U.S. Army military personnel, fiscal years 1958, 1959, and 1960 5. Disease admission rates to hospital and quarters, U.S. Army military personnel, by month, fiscal years 1958, 1959, and 1960 6. Average daily noneffective rates (hospital and quarters), U.S. Army military personnel, fiscal years 1958, 1959, and 1960 7. Hospital admissions, patient census, and final dispositions, U.S. Army military personnel in military hospitals, worldwide, fiscal years 1958, 1959, and 1960 . 8. Patient census, admissions, and bed occupancy, U.S. Army fixed hospitals, fiscal years 1960 and (in part) 1959 9. Outpatient visits, by category of patient, U.S. Army medical treatment facilities, worldwide, fiscal years 1958, 1959, and 1960 10. Results of preinduction examinations of selective service registrants processed for military service, fiscal years 1957 through 1960 11. Total calls for inductees, fiscal years 1957 through 1960 12. Army Medical Service research and development budget (in million dollars) 13. U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command personnel authorization 14. Authorized and actual strength of AMEDS officers, by corps, fiscal years 1959 and 1960 15. Regular Army authorizations and strength of the Army Medical Service, by corps, 30 June 1960 16. Authorizations and actual strengths of noncommissioned officers in the two new top enlisted grades 17. Actual and projected strengths of, and estimated requirements for, Army Medical Corps specialists (board certified and board eligible), fiscal years 1960 and 1961 18. Postgraduate professional short courses for Army Medical Service officers, fiscal year 1960 19. Army Medical Service school courses, fiscal year 1960 20. Service school courses other than Army Medical Service, fiscal year 1960 21. Long courses at civilian institutions, fiscal year 1960 22. Depot space allocations and workload, fiscal year 1960 Figures 1. Waiting room of outpatient clinic in an Army hospital 2. Outpatient waiting room, during military sick call, DeWitt Army Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Va. 3. Young patient receiving polio immunization injection in outpatient pediatric clinic, Walter Reed General Hospital 4. Open-heart surgery being performed with aid of the newly developed heart apparatus 5. Outpatient waiting room, DeWitt Army Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Va., during visiting hours for dependents 6. New HU-1A (Iroquois) helicopter ambulance 7. Enlisted medical personnel, after a simulated atomic bomb attack, administering treatment to simulated wounded 8. Walson Army Hospital, Fort Dix, N.J. 9. Secretary of the Army Wilber M. Brucker making dedication speech during the opening of Walson Army Hospital 10. Main building, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 11. Construction of new wing to main building of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research 12. U. S. Army Medical Command, Japan, showing the Medical Command Headquarters, the U.S. Army Hospital, and the 406th Medical General Laboratory 13. Advisory Council to The Surgeon General on Reserve Affairs 14. The 15th Field Hospital, Puerto Montt, Chile, during Chile disaster relief operations 15. Members of the 7th Field Hospital boarding plane, en route to Chile to provide medical aid in the earthquake disaster area 16. U.S. Army nurse assists refugees of Chile's earthquake disaster area. Ambulance serves as a clinic Charts 1. Impact of Medicare Program on dependents' medical care 2. Impact of Medicare Program on maternity care Organization Chart, Office of The Surgeon General

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