ities. The main point of this project was tele-diagnosis, so that the emergency staff at the airport would be able to get aid and assistance from the staff at the hospital. These earlier projects soon developed into a number of different projects that used microwave, satellite or laser beam technology.
             The first project with this technology was called the STARPAC (Space Technology Applied to Rural Papago Advanced Health Care). This project provided health care services to astronauts in space and also to the Papago Indian reservations through portable satellite units. Through this method people in distant locations were able to get medical care and attention.
             In the development stages of telemedicine the transfer rate for information was
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