A hospital today is an institution for professional health care provided by physicians, nurses and other professionals.

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During the Middle Ages the hospital could serve other functions, such as almshouse for the poor, or hostel for pilgrims. The name comes from Latin hospes (host), which is also the root for the English words hotel, hostel, and hospitality. The modern word hotel derives from the French word hostel, which featured a silent s, which was eventually removed from the word; French for hospital is hôpital.

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U.S. Army Europe Soldiers train their comrades from Republic of Georgia in force protection techniques
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000
TBILISI, Republic of Georgia (July 14, 2008) -- U.S. and Georgian forces came together here July 7 to conduct force protection training in preparation for the upcoming exercise Immediate Response 2008. Soldiers from U.S. Army Europe’s 18th Military Police Brigade and 21st Theater Sustainment Command and Georgian Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Brigade continued to develop and strengthen their relationships as they learned how to conduct personnel and vehicle searches at an entrance control point.
Army announces critical language incentive-pay program
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The U.S. Army announced Aug. 13 a financial incentive pilot program for recruiting new college Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets who take courses in critical foreign languages, such as Arabic, Persian-Farsi, and Chinese-Mandarin, as well as commit to entering the regular Army, the Army Reserve, or the Army National Guard as a commissioned officer.
Army Completes Chemical Stockpile Neutralization at Newport Chemical Depot
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The United States Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) completed neutralization Aug. 11 of the chemical weapons stockpile of nerve agent VX at the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (NECDF), located at Newport Chemical Depot, Ind. This achievement brings the United States one step closer to safely destroying the national stockpile of chemical weapons.

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F-15 accident report released
afnews@afnews.af.mil () Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:35:14 -0500
Pilot error caused the Feb. 20 crash of two Eglin-based F-15C Eagles off the coast of Florida, according to an Air Combat Command accident investigation board report released Aug. 28. One pilot , 1st Lt. Ali Jivanjee, was killed in the mishap. The other pilot, Capt. Tucker Hamilton, ejected from his aircraft and sustained minor injuries that required no treatment. Both aircraft, totaling $83.3 million, were assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing. According to the AIB report, both pilots failed to clear their flight paths and failed to anticipate their impending mid-air collision. more...
Officials accepting physician assistant applications
afnews@afnews.af.mil () Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:00 -0500
Air Force officials are taking applications from active-duty enlisted Airmen for Physician Assistant Phase I training classes beginning January, April and August 2010. Completed applications must arrive at HQ AFPC/DPAMW, 550 C Street West, Suite 27, Randolph AFB TX 78150-4729 no later than Jan. 25 and no earlier than Nov. 1. The selection board is scheduled to convene at the Air Force Personnel Center here March 17. Incomplete applications or those received after the cutoff date will be returned and will not meet the selection board, AFPC officials said. more...
Charleston Airmen deploy to support war on terrorism
afnews@afnews.af.mil (Master Sgt. Paul Kilgallon) Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:31:00 -0500
More than 130 Charleston Air Force Base Airmen deployed from here Aug. 27 to a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia to support operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. members of the 15th Airlift Squadron, 437th Operations Support Squadron and 437th Maintenance Group will fly and manage missions in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan.  The squadron will assume control of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from the 14th Airlift Squadron based out of Charleston AFB, who will return home. more...

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