Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

Royal Canadian Medical Service Association website.

 

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Welcome to the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association (RCMSA) Website

 

The RCMSA is a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting Canadaโ€™s military medical services and members โ€“ past, present and future.

Although all information on this website is unclassified, some details concerning current Canadian Forces operations, procedures, and equipment capabilities will not be illustrated.

 

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CFHS Appointments 2026

The RCMSA is pleased to share highlights from CANFORGEN 054/26, announcing key Canadian Forces Health Services appointments for the Active Posting Season 2026. Congratulations to all members assuming new appointments ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ / ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐...
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Ottawa Cohort Brunch

R๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก โ€“ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž You are invited to join fellow members of the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association for a casual brunch gathering in Ottawa. Date/Time: Thursday 16 April 2026 10:00 AM Location: Pur & Simple 970...
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Canadian Nurses in Military Service 1895 – Present

A tribute to the thousands of Canadian nurses who have carried out official duties with the military during the Northwest Rebellion, the South African War, the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, the Afghanistan Conflict, and numerous...
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Renew / Renouveler

๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ https://www.royalcdnmedicalsvc.ca/membership-renewal/ ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ณ ๐๐žฬ€๐ฌ ๐š๐ฎ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐โ€™๐ก๐ฎ๐ข ๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ณ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐žฬ๐ฌ...
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The RCMSA is proud to announce the three recipients of the 2025 Educational Bursary. These outstanding individuals demonstrated exceptional academic commitment, community involvement, and dedication to their personal and professional growth: ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐š...
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๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐–๐ข๐ง $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ! / ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐†๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ $! The RCMSA invites members and their families to participate in our 2025 Holiday Card Contest! โ€ข Create your own holiday card design โ€” authentic, original, and heartfelt. โ€ข A $100 prize will be awarded to the selected card! โ€ข Deadline: November 21, 2025 โ€ข Send to: communications@rcmsa.ca Please include: โ€ข The name of the RCMSA member (serving or retired) โ€ข Your relationship to the member (self, spouse, child, etc.) โ€ข A few words about what inspired your design The winning card will be featured in the 2025 RCMSA Holiday message! We are aware that Remembrance Day is approaching. This initiative is being shared early to allow time for families to participate while we continue to honour and remember those who served. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐†๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ $! / ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐–๐ข๐ง $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ! Lโ€™ASSRC invite ses membres et leurs familles ร  participer ร  son concours de cartes des Fรชtes 2025! โ€ข Crรฉez votre propre carte des Fรชtes โ€” authentique, originale et sincรจre. โ€ข Un prix de 100 $ sera remis pour la carte sรฉlectionnรฉDate limite : 21 novembre 2025 โ€ข Envoyez ร  : communications@rcmsa.ca Veuillez inclure : โ€ข Le nom du membre de lโ€™ASSRC (en service ou retraitรฉ) โ€ข Votre lien avec ce membre (vous-mรชme, conjoint, enfant, etc.) โ€ข Quelques mots sur ce qui a inspirรฉ votre crรฉation La carte gagnante sera prรฉsentรฉe dans le message des Fรชtes 2025 de lโ€™ASSRC! Nous sommes conscients que le jour du Souvenir approche. Cette initiative est partagรฉe dรจs maintenant afin de donner le temps aux familles de participer, tout en continuant ร  honorer la mรฉmoire de celles et ceux qui ont servi.

๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐–๐ข๐ง $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ! / ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐žฬ‚๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐†๐š๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ $! The RCMSA invites members and their families to participate in our 2025 Holiday Card Contest! Create your own holiday card design โ€” authentic,...
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Order of Canada

The RCMSA Board of Directors extends its most heartfelt congratulations to two distinguished members of the RCMS family who have been appointed to the Order of Canadaย for their outstanding contributions LCol (Ret) Vivian McAlister, O.C. Awarded on:...
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Canadian Armed Forces announces the creation of the Paramedic and Combat Medic Occupations

In 2020, Med Tech and Med A entered an occupational analysis to address various employment structure problems. These included inefficient training, misalignment between paramedic competencies and job requirements, total force misalignment, and an...
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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association
๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ (๐‘๐ž๐ญ'๐) ๐ˆ๐๐š ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ• ๐ข๐ง ๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐š ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ“, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ”๐ญ๐ก ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ.Ida joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1941 and proudly served during the Second World War in England and Italy, providing compassionate care to those serving their country. Her dedication, courage, and unwavering sense of duty reflected the finest traditions of the Nursing Sisters and the Canadian Armed Forces.A longtime member of the Nursing Sisters Association of Canada, Ida remained a respected and cherished member of the military nursing community throughout her life. She was a living link to a remarkable generation whose service and sacrifice helped shape our nation. Her legacy will continue to inspire all who knew her and those who follow in her footsteps.We extend our heartfelt condolences to her family, friends, fellow Nursing Sisters, Nursing Officers, and all those whose lives she touched.May she rest in peace, and may her memory remain a source of comfort, pride, and inspiration for generations to come.๐ŸŒน Lest We ForgetObituary: www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/ida-crocker------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐‚โ€™๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐œ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ง๐œฬง๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐žฬ๐œ๐žฬ€๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฌล“๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐žฬ€๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž (๐šฬ€ ๐ฅ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ž) ๐ˆ๐๐š ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ• ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ข๐ง ๐šฬ€ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐š ๐šฬ€ ๐ฅโ€™๐šฬ‚๐ ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ง๐ฌ, ๐šฬ€ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ”๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž.Ida sโ€™est jointe au Corps mรฉdical royal canadien en 1941 et a servi avec fiertรฉ durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Angleterre et en Italie, prodiguant des soins empreints de compassion ร  celles et ceux qui servaient leur pays. Son dรฉvouement, son courage et son sens du devoir reflรฉtaient les plus nobles traditions des Sล“urs infirmiรจres et des Forces armรฉes canadiennes.Membre de longue date de lโ€™Association des Sล“urs infirmiรจres du Canada, Ida est demeurรฉe tout au long de sa vie une figure respectรฉe et apprรฉciรฉe de la communautรฉ des soins infirmiers militaires. Elle reprรฉsentait un lien vivant avec une gรฉnรฉration remarquable dont le service et les sacrifices ont contribuรฉ ร  faรงonner notre nation. Son hรฉritage continuera dโ€™inspirer tous ceux et celles qui lโ€™ont connue ainsi que les gรฉnรฉrations qui suivront ses traces.Nous offrons nos plus sincรจres condolรฉances ร  sa famille, ร  ses amis, aux Sล“urs infirmiรจres, aux officiers des services infirmiers et ร  toutes les personnes dont elle a marquรฉ la vie.Quโ€™elle repose en paix et que son souvenir demeure une source de rรฉconfort, de fiertรฉ et dโ€™inspiration pour les gรฉnรฉrations ร  venir.๐ŸŒน Nโ€™oublions jamaisAvis de dรฉcรจs : www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/ida-crocker ... See MoreSee Less

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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

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๐Ÿ“ธ ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐šThe RCMSA is more than an associationโ€”it is a community.Interested in organizing an RCMSA activity in your region? Whether it's a coffee chat, brunch, museum visit, commemorative event, or social gathering, we'd be pleased to help promote your activity through our social media channels and newsletter.Together, we continue to preserve connections, celebrate our shared heritage, and strengthen our community.๐Ÿ“ฉ Contact us at communications@rcmsa.ca--------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ“ธ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅ'๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ซ๐žฬ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ฎ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐šL'ASSRC est plus qu'une association โ€” c'est une communautรฉ.Vous souhaitez organiser une activitรฉ de l'ASSRC dans votre rรฉgion? Qu'il s'agisse d'un cafรฉ-rencontre, d'un brunch, d'une visite de musรฉe, d'une activitรฉ commรฉmorative ou d'une rencontre sociale, nous serons heureux de contribuer ร  la promotion de votre activitรฉ par l'entremise de nos mรฉdias sociaux et de notre infolettre.Ensemble, nous continuons ร  prรฉserver nos liens, ร  cรฉlรฉbrer notre patrimoine commun et ร  renforcer notre communautรฉ.๐Ÿ“ฉ communications@rcmsa.ca ... See MoreSee Less

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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association
๐ŸŽ“ ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐จ๐จ๐งThe Royal Canadian Medical Service Association is pleased to announce the launch of the 2026 RCMSA Educational Bursary Program.Each year, the Association awards up to three bursaries of $1,000 to support RCMSA members and their immediate family members pursuing post-secondary education.๐Ÿ“… ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž: ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”Application forms, eligibility criteria, and submission instructions are currently being finalized and will be distributed shortly by e-mail.๐Ÿ“ข ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ค๐š๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ.Good luck to all future applicants!--------------------------------------------------------------------------๐ŸŽ“ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐'๐žฬ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅ'๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ โ€“ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌL'Association du Service de santรฉ royal canadien est heureuse d'annoncer le lancement du Programme de bourses d'รฉtudes 2026 de l'ASSRC.Chaque annรฉe, l'Association remet jusqu'ร  trois bourses de 1 000 $ afin de soutenir les membres de l'ASSRC et les membres de leur famille immรฉdiate poursuivant des รฉtudes postsecondaires.๐Ÿ“… ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž : ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”Les formulaires de demande, les critรจres d'admissibilitรฉ et les instructions de soumission sont actuellement en cours de finalisation et seront diffusรฉs prochainement par courriels.๐Ÿ“ข ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ณ ๐šฬ€ ๐ฅ'๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฎฬ‚๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž ๐ฅ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ญ ๐๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐žฬ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ.Bonne chance ร  tous les futurs candidats! ... See MoreSee Less

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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

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Royal Canadian Medical Service Association
๐Ÿ“š ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐žRCMSA members may be interested in a recently published memoir, Chronicles of a Canadian Army Medic: Through the Years 1966โ€“2007, by Thomas Blair Haight.Drawing on more than four decades of military service, the author shares his experiences as a Canadian Army medic from 1966 to 2007, including service in Canada and operational deployments overseas.Through stories of service, teamwork, leadership, family life, and caring for others in challenging environments, the memoir offers a personal perspective on a career spent in uniform.Congratulations to Thomas Blair Haight on the publication of his book, and thank you for sharing your story with future generations.๐Ÿ“– Available on Amazon.--------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ“š ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งLes membres de lโ€™ASSRC pourraient sโ€™intรฉresser ร  la rรฉcente publication du livre Chronicles of a Canadian Army Medic: Through the Years 1966โ€“2007, de Thomas Blair Haight.Sโ€™appuyant sur plus de quarante annรฉes de service militaire, lโ€™auteur y partage son expรฉrience comme ambulancier militaire canadien de 1966 ร  2007, incluant son service au Canada ainsi que divers dรฉploiements opรฉrationnels ร  lโ€™รฉtranger.ร€ travers des rรฉcits de service, de travail dโ€™รฉquipe, de leadership, de vie familiale et de soutien aux autres dans des environnements exigeants, ce mรฉmoire offre une perspective personnelle sur une carriรจre passรฉe sous lโ€™uniforme.Fรฉlicitations ร  Thomas Blair Haight pour la publication de son livre et merci de partager votre histoire avec les gรฉnรฉrations futures.๐Ÿ“– Disponible sur Amazon. ... See MoreSee Less

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