title: You're the flight surgeon. The flight surgeon is the key component in ensuring the aviation population is physically and mentally fit to fly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Graduate Medical Education, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, 2601 Louis Bauer Rd, Brooks City-Base, TX 78235-5130, USA.
authors.forename: Kerry B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis*