Definition: (DOD) A system which provides:
a. control of patient movement by air transport;
b. specialized medical aircrew, medical crew augmentees, and specialty medical attendants and equipment for inflight medical care;
c. facilities on or in the vicinity of air strips and air bases for the limited medical care of intransit patients entering, en route via, or leaving the system;
d. communication with originating, destination, and en route medical facilities concerning patient transportation.
See also aeromedical evacuation.
