This program sends every month 12 to 16 U.S. doctors to Vietnam. where they complete a tour assignment of at least 60 days in provincial hospitals in- 22 locations. supplementing drastically inadequate resident medical staffs. These skilled American physicians. a number of them specialists. take time off from their own practices at home to serve in Vietnam on an unpaid volunteer basis. receiving only a subsistence allowance and travel expenses under the terms of their contracts. They care for the Vietnamese civilian populationwar casualties. refugees. and other nonmilitary victims of disease. accident. and illnesses of all kinds. After their tours are completed. some of these doctors return to Vietnam for a second or a third voluntary assignment. All have served with distinction.
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