Langley AFB, VA

1ST MEDICAL GROUP

The 1st Medical Group works and trains as a team to maintain a maximum state of readiness for any contingency while providing quality service to its internal and external customers. The group's 786 personnel maintain a full-service, 40-bed hospital providing inpatient, outpatient and urgent care, as well as two satellite clinics at the Bethel Manor base housing area and Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News, Va. To facilitate care amongst the beneficiary population, a third clinic satellite location is being negotiated in the Hampton area. The group operates a satellite pharmacy at the Langley Base Exchange and a full-service dental clinic.

To support contingency operations, the 1st Medical Group owns a 25-bed Expeditionary Medial Support package that deploys in three increments to provide flexible and modular essential care to the warfighter. The group also maintains a Transportable Blood Transshipment Center, which receives, stores and ships blood products for use in theater medical facilities.

The 1st Medical Group presently serves a local patient population of approximately 60,000 active-duty members, their families and retirees. As a key participant in TRICARE North Region, the 1st Medical Group shares services and resources with McDonald Army Hospital, Fort Eustis, Va., the Veterans Administration Hospital, and Portsmouth Naval Medical Center. The 1st Medical Group's recent awards and honors include several major command- and Air Force-level awards, and a full, three-year re-accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.


The 1st Medical Group organizations are:

1ST AEROSPACE MEDICINE SQUADRON
The 1st AMDS provides a comprehensive aerospace medicine program that promotes fitness and wellness; enhances operational performance and medical readiness; provides primary care to flyers and their families; oversees 1,700 aerospace physiology trainees annually; maintains oversight of a 25-bed Expeditionary Medical Support asset; and manages the Langley industrial hygiene and occupational medicine program.

1ST DENTAL SQUADRON
The 1st DS provides prompt, accessible and comprehensive dental care to more than 8,000 Air Combat Command warriors in support of global contingencies and prepares the Air Force's newest dental officers to eagerly accept this vital link in the Air Force mission. The 1st DS provides treatment to 37,000 patients annually and operates a 31-treatment room facility and one satellite clinic, executing a $513,000-dollar annual budget. The 1st DS maintains dental health of over 400 active flying and 4,000 mobility personnel ensuring worldwide qualification for deployment and also supports a 25-bed Expeditionary Medical Support asset.

1ST MEDICAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON
The 1st MDOS works and trains together as a team to maintain a maximum state of readiness for any contingency while providing quality service to internal and external customers.

1ST MEDICAL SUPPORT SQUADRON
The 1st MDSS supports Team Langley along with the eligible beneficiary population, Air Combat Command, the Department of Defense, and our nation's security by providing health support for the full range of military deployments and sustaining the health of members of the Armed Forces, their families, and others to advance our national security interests. The 1st MDSS provides the highest standard of direct medical care and medical administrative services to Langley units. Administrative and ancillary departments support a 35-bed hospital with an annual patient base of 400,000. Resource managers execute a $24-million budget. The 1st MDSS also maintains logistical support for 60 sections and 25-bed Expeditionary Medical Support asset, and manages TRICARE-Department of Defense managed health care plan.

(Current as of December 2004)

Point of Contact
For questions concerning the 1st Medical Group fact sheet, e-mail the 1st Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office at 1fw.paedit@langley.af.mil. Please direct additional questions to base information at 764-1110.