Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

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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
๐Ÿ† ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‹๐‚๐จ๐ฅ (๐‘๐ž๐ญ'๐) ๐–๐š๐ฒ๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž, ๐‚๐ƒ, ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.Wayne has been a dedicated supporter of Canadian military medical heritage for decades. As President of the former Defence Medical Association, he became the founding father of the present Royal Canadian Medical Service Association (RCMSA) and has remained actively involved since its inception.Over the past 19 years, Wayne has served the Association in numerous capacities, including President, Past President, Secretariat, and Webmaster. Through his leadership, dedication, and perseverance, he has helped nurture and build the RCMSA into the organization it is today.Wayne is also the creator of the CanMilMed Virtual Museum, an invaluable resource preserving the history and heritage of Canadian military medicine for future generations.Reflecting on the early days of the Association, Wayne shared a phrase that became a hallmark of his approach:"๐‘พ๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’Š๐’• ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐’“๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’๐’†๐’”๐’”."The RCMSA extends its sincere congratulations and gratitude to Wayne for his extraordinary service, leadership, and unwavering commitment to our Association and its members.--------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ† ๐…๐žฬ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ฎ ๐‹๐œ๐จ๐ฅ (๐ซ๐ž๐ญ) ๐–๐š๐ฒ๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž, ๐‚๐ƒ, ๐ซ๐žฬ๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐žฬ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐žฬ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž.Wayne appuie les services de santรฉ militaire canadien et la prรฉservation de son patrimoine depuis de nombreuses annรฉes. Membre de lโ€™ancienne Association mรฉdicale militaire, il est devenu lโ€™un des pรจres fondateurs de lโ€™actuelle Association du Service de santรฉ royal canadien (ASSRC) et demeure activement impliquรฉ depuis sa crรฉation.Au cours des 19 derniรจres annรฉes, Wayne a occupรฉ plusieurs fonctions au sein de lโ€™Association, notamment celles de prรฉsident, ancien prรฉsident, membre du secrรฉtariat et webmestre. Par son leadership, son dรฉvouement et sa persรฉvรฉrance, il a contribuรฉ ร  dรฉvelopper et ร  faire progresser lโ€™ASSRC pour en faire lโ€™organisation quโ€™elle est aujourdโ€™hui.Wayne est รฉgalement le crรฉateur du musรฉe virtuel CanMilMed, une ressource prรฉcieuse qui contribue ร  prรฉserver lโ€™histoire et le patrimoine de la mรฉdecine militaire canadienne pour les gรฉnรฉrations futures.En รฉvoquant les dรฉbuts de lโ€™Association, Wayne a partagรฉ une phrase qui reflรจte bien son approche :"๐‘พ๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’Š๐’• ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐’“๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’๐’†๐’”๐’”."***Traduction libre : ยซ Nous trouverons une faรงon de rรฉussir, peu importe les obstacles. ยปLโ€™ASSRC lui adresse ses plus sincรจres fรฉlicitations et ses remerciements pour son service exceptionnel, son leadership et son engagement indรฉfectible envers notre Association et ses membres. ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿ† ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐–๐Ž ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ, ๐‚๐ƒ, ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.CWO Belanger was selected in recognition of her service on the RCMSA Board of Directors while continuing to lead in her role as the Canadian Forces Health Services Home Station Chief Warrant Officer. She has also played a significant role in preserving Royal Canadian Medical Service history and heritage through her work supporting the development of the Canadian Forces Health Services Museum.๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐, ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐:"I am honoured to accept the Dr. Ruth Jones Meritorious Award. As a serving member of the Canadian Forces Health Services and an active member of the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association, I am dedicated to preserving our military medical heritage. In my role at the Canadian Forces Health Services Training Centre, I have the privilege of helping prepare and develop the next generation of military health care professionals. I also contribute to preserving, remembering and sharing our medical history, being posted to our Health Services Home Station. It is an honour to contribute to this important mission and I accept this award with sincere gratitude."Congratulations, Cheryl, and thank you for your continued dedication to our profession, our heritage, and our Association.--------------------------------------------------------------------------๐Ÿ† ๐…๐žฬ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐šฬ€ ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐œ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ, ๐‚๐ƒ, ๐ซ๐žฬ๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐žฬ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐žฬ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž.Lโ€™Adjuc Belanger a รฉtรฉ sรฉlectionnรฉe en reconnaissance de son engagement au sein du conseil dโ€™administration de lโ€™ASSRC, tout en assumant ses responsabilitรฉs ร  titre dโ€™adjudant-chef de la Garnison des Services de santรฉ des Forces canadiennes. Elle a รฉgalement jouรฉ un rรดle important dans la prรฉservation de lโ€™histoire et du patrimoine du Service de santรฉ royal canadien grรขce ร  sa contribution au dรฉveloppement du Musรฉe des Services de santรฉ des Forces canadiennes.๐€๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ž๐ญ ๐๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐š ๐๐žฬ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐žฬ :ยซ Je suis honorรฉe de recevoir le Prix du mรฉrite Dr Ruth Jones. En tant que membre active des Services de santรฉ des Forces canadiennes et de lโ€™Association du Service de santรฉ royal canadien, je suis profondรฉment engagรฉe ร  prรฉserver notre patrimoine mรฉdical militaire. Dans mon rรดle au Centre dโ€™instruction des Services de santรฉ des Forces canadiennes, jโ€™ai le privilรจge de contribuer ร  la formation de la prochaine gรฉnรฉration de professionnels de la santรฉ militaires. Je contribue รฉgalement ร  prรฉserver, commรฉmorer et faire connaรฎtre notre histoire mรฉdicale ร  partir de notre Garnison des Services de santรฉ. Cโ€™est un honneur de participer ร  cette mission importante et jโ€™accepte ce prix avec une sincรจre gratitude. ยปFรฉlicitations Cheryl, et merci pour votre dรฉvouement continu envers notre profession, notre patrimoine et notre Association. ... See MoreSee Less

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โš“ ๐‘๐‚๐Œ๐’๐€ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐Œ๐‡๐’ ๐‹๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž.๐Ÿ“… Sunday, 28 June 2026โฐ 1100 hrs (arrival NLT 1045 hrs)๐Ÿ“ Royal Canadian Navy Monument, Richmond Island, OttawaThis annual ceremony honours the memory of the 234 lives lost in the sinking of HMHS Llandovery Castle on 27 June 1918, including Canadian Army Medical Corps personnel, Nursing Sisters, medical staff, and crew members.The ceremony will include wreath placement, a moment of observance, a blessing, and a photo opportunity. A cash-bar reception at the Mill St. Brew Pub will follow the ceremony.๐Ÿ“ฉ RSVP to Stรฉphane Ouellette at ouellettes@rogers.com NLT Thursday, 25 June 2026We hope many members of the RCMS community will join us in remembrance.------------------------------------------------------------------------โš“ ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐ฅโ€™๐€๐’๐’๐‘๐‚ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐žฬ๐ฌ ๐šฬ€ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐šฬ€ ๐ฅ๐š ๐œ๐žฬ๐ซ๐žฬ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐žฬ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐ง๐š๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐‡๐Œ๐‡๐’ ๐‹๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž.๐Ÿ“… Dimanche 28 juin 2026โฐ 11 h (arrivรฉe NLT 10 h 45)๐Ÿ“ Monument de la Marine royale canadienne, รฎle Richmond, OttawaCette cรฉrรฉmonie annuelle rend hommage aux 234 personnes ayant perdu la vie lors du naufrage du HMHS Llandovery Castle le 27 juin 1918, incluant des membres du Corps de santรฉ royal canadien, des infirmiรจres militaires, du personnel mรฉdical et des membres dโ€™รฉquipage.La cรฉrรฉmonie comprendra le dรฉpรดt de couronnes, un moment de recueillement, une bรฉnรฉdiction et une sรฉance photo. Une rรฉception avec bar payant suivra au Mill St. Brew Pub.๐Ÿ“ฉ RSVP auprรจs de Stรฉphane Ouellette ร  ouellettes@rogers.com avant le jeudi 25 juin 2026Nous espรฉrons que plusieurs membres de la communautรฉ du SSRC se joindront ร  nous pour cette commรฉmoration. ... See MoreSee Less

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