title: Aviation pioneers: World War II air evacuation nurses.
abstract: During World War II, nurses pioneered a new role for women in the skies. This study of the 1942-1944 Movietonews, the largest of the U.S. newsreel companies with international syndication, identified the exploits of these nurses, compared personal accounts and highlighted flight nurses' contributions to the profession, society, and aviation.
authors.affiliation: Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, Atlanta 30312.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D001359:Aviation; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008888:Military Nursing; D009040:Motion Pictures; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare