The document questions "to what extent can aviation be substituted for conventional military surface systems of vehicles, roads, bridging, engineer troops, theater supply and hospital complexes, etc." The attached report with its memoranda of transmittal presents an approach to replacing the present day combat medical evacuation system with a completely air mobile operation. The second half of the document is the examination of the feasibility of replacing the present ground vehicular combat medical evacuation system with a completely air mobile system.

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