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Reports on the significance of the U.S. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany to wounded U.S. soldiers. List of medical services provided to wounded soldiers; Number of patients in intensive care each day; Percentage of increase in hospital staff.

Features the Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Other trauma being experienced by military service members coming out of a combat zone; Medical personnel that attends to burn patients; On-call flight teams being sent by the burn center to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany to stabilize burn patients and bring them to San Antonio.

Deals with the significant role of physical therapists at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany in helping wounded U.S. service members. Responsibilities of the military physical therapist at the medical center; Number of patients from Iraq and Afghanistan who have come through the hospital since the combat began at the end of 2001; Shortage of physical therapists at the medical center.

Focuses on the benefits of physical therapy to injured military troops. Common scenarios at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, since combat began at the end of 2001; Reason that physical therapy is a considered a positive experience for injured troops according to Army Lt. Col. Leo Mahony; Shortage of physical-therapy technicians at the hospital.

Presents information on the Medical Protection System database used by the U.S. Army in Heidelberg, Germany. Advantage of the system to army commanders; Disadvantage of the system; Limitation of health information stored in the database.

Focuses on the military medical care service of the Deployed Warrior Medical Management Center (DWMMC) in Landstuhl Regional Center in Germany. Information on the electronic database system for tracking the health records of military troops in the center; Comment from Army Lieutenant Colonel Richard Jordan on the improvement of the center caused by the war in Iraq; Discussion on the patient load management in DWMMC.

Focuses on military health operations in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. Comment from Army Colonel Rhonda Cornum, Landstuhl commander, on the intensive care services being offered in military hospitals; Information on psychiatric diagnosis among military troops from the Persian Gulf and Central Asia; Discussion on the role of the hospital in providing medical care for troops who want to return to active duty.

Provides information on the patient management system at the U.S. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center military health facility in Germany. Coordination of patient admissions; Aircraft tracking equipment of the facility; Growth of hospital operations.

Reports on an increase in the patient load at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany as of June 2, 2003. Reasons behind the increase in patient load; Services provided by the hospital; Number of military beneficiaries served by the hospital across Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia.

States that the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, a U.S. Army hospital jointly staffed with the Air Force, is busier as aof June 23, 2003 that it was during the heaviest combat of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Patients from Iraq being treated at the hospital; Types of medical care needed by the soldiers; Importance of the function of the hospital.

Talks about the complaints of Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Deborah Parson, former executive officer at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, against the deputy director, retired Air Force Major General Michael McCarthy. Accusation of Parson against McCarthy; Response of McCarthy to Parson's career outcome.

Discusses issues regarding the complaints filed by military officers at the George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies in Garmisch, Germany as of September 2001. Details on the complaints of the officers regarding mismanagement and mistreatment by commanders; Information on a review requested by the watchdog group Judicial Watch to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Reports that overseas health care for United States retired military members is not included in the Medicare coverage. Options open for overseas retired military members regarding their health insurance; Service terms offered by the Heidelberg Army Hospital for retirees in Germany; Range of insurance costs.