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MAJ Monti, USA, is the director of the US Army/Baylor
EMPA Residency Program, Department of Emergency Medi-
cine at Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis
McChord, 9040 Jackson Ave, Box 339500 MS 56, Building
#9040, Tacoma, Washington 98433-9500.
E-mail: jonathan.d.monti.mil@mail.mil.
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