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New Zealand Navy Lt. Joseph Foster injects a patient with a local anesthetic before performing a tooth extraction during a Pacific Partnership event at the Betio Hospital in Tarawa, Kiribati, June 5, 2015.

New Zealand Navy Lt. Joseph Foster injects a patient with a local anesthetic before performing a tooth extraction during a Pacific Partnership event at the Betio Hospital in Tarawa, Kiribati, June 5, 2015.

New Zealand Navy Lt. Joseph Foster injects a patient with a local anesthetic before performing a tooth extraction during a Pacific Partnership event at the Betio Hospital in Tarawa, Kiribati, June 5, 2015.

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