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- noun   Alternative form of medevac .
- verb   Alternative form of medevac .
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Examples
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								The chopper that Stansfield approached was blue and silver with the word MEDEVAC painted in white letters over both sliding doors. Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #1 Vince Flynn 1997 
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								MEDEVAC MISSIONSPercentage of medical evacuation missions of badly wounded troops this year in Afghanistan that were completed in less than an hour: 
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								He holds the record for the Vietnam War for the most MEDEVAC flights. Heroes or Villains? 2010 
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								Capt, MEDEVAC PILOT (300+ missions), prisoner of war, held in captivity with Blaine Heroes or Villains? 2010 
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								I was an eye witness to Ashley's arrival at the MEDEVAC pad in Pleiku following his "hero" action in '66. Bane Ashley 2010 
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								It finally got dark and the MEDEVAC bird arrived and started hoisting up the wounded and the dead. 'War' 2010 
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								They were on a steep ridge at night getting raked by machine-gun fire, and everyone knew the MEDEVAC helicopters would never dare attempt a landing in those conditions; they were going to have to get Vimoto and another man named Pecsek down to the road to get picked up. 'War' 2010 
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								Flight time from MEDEVAC helicopter from the mountain to a trauma center is about 15 minutes. 
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								And you should know that CNN reached out to the Canadian government for a comment on the lack of MEDEVAC services in Quebec, but they would not return our repeated calls and E-mails. 
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								ARMY MEDEVAC: If we had time, we would probably -- do it more than two days a week. 
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