19. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the thumbnail images are created and stored in said second single file by system identification number.
16. A method for transmitting a plurality of images within a document, said method comprising the steps of: selecting, by a user of a display device, said document stored within a central database said document comprising a plurality of images and a corresponding plurality of image identification numbers, said document downloaded earlier to said central database from a local database, said central database storing therein full images for each page of said document and thumbnail images corresponding thereto, whereby said image identification numbers index said plurality of images; transmitting, by said central database to said display device, said plurality of images corresponding to said document, a first of said plurality of images, in a first file, being a full image, and the remainder of said plurality of images, in a second single file, being thumbnail images; and logging and tracking functions are performed by the document image management system on said documents stored in said central database in a system journal element, whereby when said user of said display device selects a given thumbnail image from said second file of thumbnail images, the central database forwards the full image corresponding to said given thumbnail image.