Mercy Flights
Published on 11. September 2017
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Paperback/Softback
978-1-4671-2667-0 (ISBN)
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Mercy Flights - America's first not-for-profit air ambulance service- was created in 1949 in direct response to the polio epidemic and medical transportation problems in Southern Oregon and Northern California.
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Ruth Ballweg, MPA, PA, is George Milligan's daughter and a University of Washington professor emeritus. Michael E. Burrill Sr., formerly on the board of directors for Mercy Flights, and his son, board chair Michael E. Burrill Jr., are community leaders who follow in the path of their father and grandfather, Eugene Burrill, lumberman, early Mercy Flights pilot, and board member. Pirkko Terao is George Milligan's granddaughter and also serves on the board for Mercy Flights.