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| | Eight Earn Expert Field Medical Badge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | After passing the written test, candidates must complete a series of hands-on field exercises including proper evacuation of sick and wounded, emergency medical treatment, and various common skills tasks. |
 | | During the first step of the process, only 86 passed the written test at this year's EFMB testing site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. While most of the candidates were from the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command, Soldiers from as far away as California showed up to compete for the badge. |
 | | Standing in formation May 5, awaiting the award of their hard-earned badges, eight of the original 200 candidates could now call themselves expert field medics. |
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