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Two medical professionals in blue gowns work on a patient's mouth.

Patient Care Partners

Navy Lt. Theodore Slagle, right, performs a root canal on a patient with Beatrix Taima, a local provider, at Belau National Hospital in Koror, Palau, Dec. 22, 2023, during Pacific Partnership 2024-1. Pacific Partnership is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission in the Indo-Pacific .

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