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flight nurse

American  

noun

  1. a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.


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Also killed in the crash was Ms Rojaz Ortiz, who was on her first day as a flight nurse.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025

That gave rise to the creation of the flight nurse, who had to be aware of many things other than caring for a patient on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

He married Anne Garland Walton, a flight nurse, in 2015, on his 82nd birthday.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022

Makeila Ward, 16, from Nevada, is taking classes at community college during high school, and plans to become a flight nurse in the Air Force.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021

Killed in the crash were 46-year-old pilot Michael Bollen, of Hot Springs; 61-year-old flight nurse James Lawson Spruiell, of Sulligent, Alabama; and 26-year-old flight paramedic John “Trey” Auld III, of Shreveport, Louisiana.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2017

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