Medical transport buses await their departure to pick up patients arriving from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Kaiserslautern, Germany, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 13, 2020. Buses are used to transport patients from the flight line at JBA, back to the Aeromedical Staging Facility or other nearby medical facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum)

Airman 1st Class Maria Bandstra, 316th Aerospace Medicine Squadron medical technician, places a towel in a patient room at the Aeromedical Staging Facility at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 13, 2020. Prior to the arrival of patients, technicians prepare their rooms to ensure cleanliness and comfortability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum)

Staff Sgt. Victoria Hansen, 316th Medical Squadron shift leader, reads a safety brief at the Aeromedical Staging Facility at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 13, 2020. Safety briefings are held before the beginning of each mission to ensure adherence to precautions, emergency procedures and flight line protocols. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum)

Staff Sgt. Victoria Hansen, 316th Medical Squadron shift leader, awaits the all-clear to come on board a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 13, 2020. Once on board, Hansen and fellow Airmen prepared patients to be offloaded from the aircraft and taken to nearby medical facilities. At a minimum, at least one arrival and two departure missions take place weekly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum)

Airman 1st Class Gabriela Preciado, 11th Surgical Operations Squadron medical technician, takes the temperature of a patient at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 13, 2020. Protocols such as taking patients’ temperatures and verifying their identities are mandatory before patients can be offloaded from the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum)

Airman 1st Class Manuel Arias, 316th Aeromedical Staging Facility medical technician, wipes off the hatch of a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 13, 2020. In addition to tending to patients’ medical needs, technicians ensure the safety of patients and staff by taking extra precautions, such as wiping off potentially slippery surfaces so they do not fall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum)

Airmen and Seamen move a patient into a medical transport bus at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 13, 2020. Medical staff work together with other units and services to ensure they provide the best quality care possible for patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum)

Patients walk off the back of a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 13, 2020. JBA serves as the entry point in the United States for all returning injured or ill government personnel stationed overseas, before they continue on to their final destinations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum)

Airman 1st Class Viviana Rolon Acosta, 316th Aeromedical Staging Facility medical technician, checks the vital signs of Spc. Geraldo Arrue, B Battery, 43rd Air Defense Artillery patriot fire control enhanced operator, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 13, 2020. Upon arrival of patients to the facility, their vitals are taken and they are given a brief tour of the building. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum)

Tech. Sgt. James Tierney, 316th Aeromedical Squadron noncommissioned officer in-charge of the Aeromedical Staging Facility, picks up a tray of food for a patient at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 13, 2020. Along with being provided a room to stay for the night, patients are also provided a meal, snacks, drinks, toiletries and other basic essential items. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum)

Airman 1st Class Gabriela Preciado, 11th Surgical Operations Squadron medical technician, reviews flight times with a patient at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 13, 2020. Most patients only stay one night in the Aeromedical Staging Facility before leaving the next day on a different aircraft to their final location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum)