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During this partial government shutdown, the 88th Medical Group remains open and continues to honor scheduled medical and dental appointments. Our appointment line is open and we are still taking requests for appointments. Our operating room, primary care and specialty care clinics are fully operational. Ancillary services (pharmacy, laboratory, radiology) are also operating normally. As always, safe and high-quality health care remain our priority and we are doing our best to minimize impact on our beneficiaries and their health care during this partial government shutdown. Please call (937) 522-APPT to schedule or cancel appointments. For questions about TRICARE during the shutdown, please visit tricare.mil/shutdown. 
 

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Air Force Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force surgeon general, gives the graduation address at the Wright-Patterson Medical and Allied Health Education Programs graduation ceremony May 27, 2021, in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force as Col. Christian Lyons, 88th Medical Group commander, and Albert Painter, dean of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, looks on. More than 70 Air Force officers were recognized for completing their medical residencies in local hospitals including the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Medical Center and the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

June 4, 2021

Over 70 complete residency program requirements

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force’s Graduate Medical Education Program conferred degrees upon 71 Airmen during its annual spring residency graduation May 27 in a hangar at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

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