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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Charles Ellis, an oral surgeon attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort, checks a patient's teeth aboard the ship while under way in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 30, 2007. The child will return to shore via helicopter after receiving medical care.

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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Charles Ellis, an oral surgeon attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort, checks a patient's teeth aboard the ship while under way in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 30, 2007. The child will return to shore via helicopter after receiving medical care.

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