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                               Supply

-Resupply was a critical and persistent problem for nearly all units

-The most dependable resupply mechanism was to request from the home base
and ship with bombs and Bpare parts from home

-Difficulty in obtaining contact lens replacements, solutions and spectacles was
almost universal

-Inability of the SME's to order supplies directly impeded the resupply process

-Local purchase was a common but costly early method of coping with lupply
problems

*Bargaining, borrowing,   trading, confiscating and stealing were various
methods used to procure needed supplies

                          Patient Care

-At every location, individuals were deployed with significant medical problems
beyond the capabilities of the ATC to care for them. Many thought this was more
common among ARC personnel.

-Many individuals were deployed on prescription medications for which refills
were unavailable on either the ATC or ATh TA. Obtaining these refills within 30
days of deployment was extremely difficult.

-There was almost universal need for better access to dental care although about
half the conference participants believed more vigorous enforcement of dental
standards predeployment would have substantially reduced the demand

-Women's health care issues were poorly addressed in deployment supply
pac~Lages

-More rapid identification of specialty backup was desired.

-It was impossible to keep track of patients once they left a base for care, and t~iere
was no system to return them when they were released from the re~rral facility.

4oint Service medical cooperation was variable and usually better do~tor to doctor
than through forraal channels.

-Reports of pyridostigmine side effects far exceeded that predicted by ground-
testing studies

-There was a low level of confidence in the aeromedical ~acuation system.

-In a deployment, especially a wartime setting, the disadvantages of taking
medical records outweigh the advantages

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