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The Athena program was started by a

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plastic surgeon over a decade ago where

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services for plastic surgery were

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offered at bases like ours Dakota or

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other P A bases that do not have a

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resident plastic surgeon . These are

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medically indicated procedures ,

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meaning that they're getting a breast

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reduction , but it's because they have

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really bad back pain or neck pain or

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we're repairing hernias at the same

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time as other problems . The real

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benefit of Athena is multifaceted . One

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of those benefits is for the surgeons

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and the physician assistants like

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myself , surgical technicians and the

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or nurses to all get exposure to

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different skill sets , different

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procedures and techniques that then can

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be applied for the regular practice .

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All of our practice , the more hours we

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get in the or the more hours we get

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taking care of more complex patients .

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The better prepared we are for taking

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care of possible incoming group of

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people from another location and taking

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good care of them until we can get them

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back to the States . So all good , all

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the way around .