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- [Narrator] Walter Reed
Army Medical Center,

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your military medical center.

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Meeting the needs of you and your patients

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in the finest tradition
of military medicine.

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The friendly professionals
in Walter Reed's

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Referral Coordination Service

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and Patient Service Center
will answer questions,

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coordinate appointments
for out-of-area patients,

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and help arrange travel
and accommodations.

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Besides the 200 room Malone
House Hotel right on post,

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two Fisher houses are also
available to family members,

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and the hospital has
its own self care ward.

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Walter Reed has more than 60 specialty

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and subspecialty clinics,

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18 operating rooms,

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and more than a dozen inpatient wards.

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97% of our staff physicians
are board certified

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in at least one specialty.

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Many are double and triple boarded.

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91% of Walter Reed's registered nurses

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have bachelor's degrees.

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Those are far greater percentages

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than in civilian hospitals.

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Who are the Walter Reed patients

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and how do they use Walter Reed?

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They are military beneficiaries

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of all ages from all military services

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with complicated problems.

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They come to Walter Reed for
expert diagnosis and treatment.

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Some patients are scheduled
for sophisticated testing

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with high-tech equipment,

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like Walter Reed's magnetic
resonance imaging unit,

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its electron beam computed
tomography scanner,

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or its three state-of-the-art
cardiac catheterization labs

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offering coronary arteriography,

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pacemaker implants,

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and a variety of minimally
invasive interventions.

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Some patients are scheduled for surgery.

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We do more than 1,000 operations

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and other surgical procedures a month.

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Many of them are in areas of care

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called specialized treatment services.

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So designated because of the high number

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of cases Walter Reed performs each year

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with sustained excellent
clinical outcomes.

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Specialized treatment services

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include liver and kidney transplantation,

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cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery,

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otolaryngology, gynecologic oncology,

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and orthopedic and general surgery.

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You or your patients
can't come to Washington?

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We can come to you.

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Our specialists visit
physicians and patients

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at facilities closer to home.

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Our doctors are also available
to other military physicians

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on the internet through
our Ask a Doc program.

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And with telemedicine,

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Walter Reed specialists can
advise doctors around the world.

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Detailed information about Walter Reed

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and our many services is
available on the worldwide web.

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Walter Reed Army Medical Center,

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your military medical center.

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With a vast array of specialty
and subspecialty patient care

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by physicians representing
the best and brightest

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from all the uniformed services.

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The depth and breadth of their experience,

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the consistent statistical excellence

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of their clinical outcomes,

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and the many health and
medical education programs

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and research projects at Walter Reed

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make it truly the premier medical center

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in the Department of Defense.

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