moved from hospitals to casualty staging facilities In early November the "new" system was tested and shortly thereafter put into effect. In this system, all hospitals submitted a request to their respective group MROs utilizing formats and diagnosis codes established in current regulations and submitted them to the brigade MRO. Brigade MRO consolidated the group reports and submitted them to the FEJMRO at which time the destination hospital for each patient was provided. This information was passed through groups to the hospitals, the patient's record was closed out, and the patient was prepared for movement to a casualty staging facility and subsequent evacuation out of country. Initially, there was concern that this system would require excessive time to accomplish administrative requirements and this, in turn, would bog down an already "effective" system. However, it was soon shown that urgent evacuation requests could be processed within an hour, depending on the availability of aircraft. A 36-hour time frame was established for routine requests to provide hospitals with the necessary time for preparation of clinical records and completion of other administrative requirements. Another problem area involved acquainting personnel with the system to ensure that patients were regulated to facilities capable of providing complete medical care. However, this problem was soon overcome, and the system proved to be very effective. The major advantages were shown to have been the direct control of out-of-country evacuation by the brigade MRO and that hospitals were now aware of where patients were being transferred. One advantage, not anticipated, was that desirable advance information concerning the number of patients for evacuation was available much sooner for coordination with casualty staging facilities, the Military Air­lift Command, and PACOM treatment facilities. The system passed its most severe test in late November during McArthur, when over 400 patients were effectively evacuated to PACOM treatment facilities. Hospitalization Statistics for 1967 IRHA=Injured as a Result of Hostile Action DNBI=Disease and Non-Battle Injury Patients admitted in one month may be discharged, evacuated or die in a subsequent month S-2/Historian The reassignment of the brigade directly under USARV required the brigade to create a full-time office to process and validate security clearances for the brigade's 8,000-plus personnel. Since these tasks had formerly been performed by the 1st Logistical Command, it was necessary for the brigade to establish a new system of records keeping, filing, and clearance processing procedures. The transition to a major division within