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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated April 1, 1963 reads "A new heliport to provide quicker access to the Pacoima Memorial Lutheran Hospital in cases of emergency was dedicated with the fly-in of a sheriff's helicopter to test the new facility. In a demonstration of the new airborne service, patient is wheeled from a sheriff's helicopter to waiting doctors for simulated emergency treatment."
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