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First comprehensive telemedicine system established.

Date: 1967

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Linking Boston's Logan Airport medical station and Massachusetts General Hospital, the system is created after an airplane crash kills 67 people, with some deaths occurring because there is no nearby medical care.

The new system sets up a direct line of support between the clinic and airport, and will be expanded to include care-via-phone for those on the ground at the airport.