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82 years later Taylor keeps keeping on. In 1943, the U.S. Army Air Forces established the Flight Nurse Program. First graduating class: November 1943 at Bowman Field, Kentucky. • The program trained nurses to care for wounded soldiers during aeromedical evacuation missions. These women became the first recognized flight nurses in history. | FlightCare
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