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NACCHO has created the fact sheet,
"A Brief History of the Medical Reserve Corps," which describes how after the life-altering events of 9/11, the
volunteer physicians of the Stuyvesant Triage Center, recognized the need for an organized group of medical volunteers who
would be trained and prepared to provide supplemental medical and public health support in response to emergency operations
in New York City. The group submitted a proposal to the city, requesting that a cadre of trained medical volunteers be established;
the proposal was alter expanded to suggest a nationwide group of volunteers be developed—a concept that eventually reached
President George W. Bush and Congress.
Click here for Introduction to the National Medical Reseve Corps Program
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