cal director Jonathan Letterman, the Letterman Ambulance Plan was developed. In this system the ambulances of a division moved together, under a mounted line sergeant, with two stretcher-bearers and one driver per ambulance, to collect the wounded from the field, bring them to the dressing stations, and then taking them to the field hospital. This was a major improvement from the earlier so-called system, where the medics randomly would roam around looking for wounded and when located they would attempt to transport them.
             " A boy gets hurt on the line. Within a minute or less a telephone message is sent back to our forward Aid Station, a distance of 300 to l000 yards from the front where a Sgt. and 4 litter-bearers are always on hand...During this time, the Company in which the casualty is a member, has their Aid-man administering first-aid on the spot...bandaging...stop bleeding... By that time, another litter team is there and carries the casualty to the nearest point where a
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