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Precision is important as Cmdr. Leslie Cunningham, a 42-year-old native of Olney, Md., and a doctor who?s specialty is the circulatory system, assists in the placement of an external fixator in the operating room April 21, 2006 at Fallujah Surgical. The apparatus will stabilize the fracture of an injured patient?s left arm. The staff of nurses, corpsmen, surgeons and Marines here handle the needs of both operating and emergency rooms, acting as a key link between basic medical care in the field and advanced treatment at one of three main hospitals in the region.