This chapter reviews military benefits and requirements that have led to a series of research efforts in augmented reality (AR) and related systems over the past few decades, beginning with the DARPA-funded research of Ivan Sutherland that initiated the field of interactive computer graphics. We will briefly highlight a few of the research projects that have advanced the field over the past fiv...

Captain and Quartermaster, R.A.M.C.(T.) ; Steward, Southmead Hospital. Thomas Jones began his career with the Guardians of the Parish of Lambeth in 1896, and was subsequently Master of Alresford Workhouse, Hants., from 1903 to 1905. Then, coming to Bristol, he was successively Storekeeper and Master's Clerk at Eastville Institution until he was promoted to be Steward at Southmead Infirmary in S...

at Head-Quarters. Gentlemen, I have already notified to you the appointments to which you have been nominated by the Hon'ble the GovernorGeneral and Council in pursuance of a new arrangement made by the Hon'ble Court of Directors for the reform of their Medical Departments and for the conduct of their military hospitals. This arrangement has been prescribed in a separate General letter from the...

Shortly after war broke out in 1914 Dr Flora Murray and Dr Louisa Garrett Anderson, two former members of the Women’s Social and Political Union, founded their own women’s hospital organization to care for soldiers wounded in the fighting. Experience in the suffrage movement had taught them what the likely reaction of the authorities would be to any offer of help from women doctors, so they app...

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal disorders and injuries are common causes of morbidity and loss of active, physically demanding training days in military populations. We evaluated the incidence, diagnosis, and risk factors of knee disorders and injuries in male Finnish military conscripts. METHODS The study population comprised 5 cohorts of 1000 men performing their military service, classified acc...

Patterns of healthcare use in a sample of young adults entering the US Navy (N=1137) were examined in a longitudinal survey study. Baseline data provided information about healthcare use as a civilian, whereas follow-up data were used to examine changes in patterns of use over time following entry into the Military Health System (MHS). Entrance into the MHS was marked by increased use of preven...