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- I'm here aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy

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where surgical staff joined

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their Sri Lankan colleagues to perform a historic first.

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- This is the first time for the United States,

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or anyone for that matter, that the robotic surgical system

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has been used on a maritime or operational platform.

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So that's exciting, and this is the first time,

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to our knowledge, that any robotic surgery

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has ever been done in Sri Lanka.

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- [Dhruv] It's a rare opportunity to make history

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and the Sri Lankan medical team was eager

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to use the robot's capabilities.

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- All our staff were very excited to see this one

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so they had a lot of opportunity.

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Tales of the performance safety is quite amazing.

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- [Dhruv] Collaborate exchanges like this are just one way

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Pacific Partnership helps bring countries together.

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Reporting from aboard USNS Mercy,

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I'm Senior Airman Dhruv Gopinath.