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aid station

American  

noun

Military.
  1. a medical installation located in a forward or isolated position in the field for providing routine or emergency medical treatment to the troops.


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"It's truly touching," said Stone Ngai, 38, one of the organisers of an impromptu aid station.

From Barron's

Every hour or so, I would cruise into an aid station and eat whatever I felt like eating.

From The Wall Street Journal

North Wales Police said patrol officers attended the incident and the girl's family sought medical attention for her at a nearby first aid station.

From BBC

On a recent day at the aid station erected by the Service Committee a few miles west of the San Ysidro border crossing, just one mostly empty canopy remained.

From Los Angeles Times

Just over 10 years earlier, Courtney Dauwalter sat alone and dejected at an aid station after dropping out of her first 100-mile race, Run Rabbit Run,, external in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

From BBC