title: U.S. Army Air Forces Flight Nurses: training and pioneer flight.
abstract: Army flight nurses within the United States Army Air Forces were pioneers in a field of nursing which has become a highly specialized branch within the United States Air Force Nurse Corps. The first Army flight nurses overcame many obstacles in the line of duty while contributing their efforts to saving lives through a new method of transportation for the sick and wounded. This historical study highlights the training of the first Army flight nurses and the participation of one Army nurse. Lt. Elsie S. Ott, in a pioneer air evacuation flight from India to the United States.
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006676:History of Nursing; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States