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A robot is placed by doctors for a laparoscopic prostatectomy to remove prostate cancer at Wilford Hall Medical Center on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, April 10, 2009. This was the first robot-assisted surgery in the Air Force and was performed by Lt. Col. (Dr.) Kyle Weld, director of endourology at the 59th Surgical Specialties Squadron.

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A robot is placed by doctors for a laparoscopic prostatectomy to remove prostate cancer at Wilford Hall Medical Center on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, April 10, 2009. This was the first robot-assisted surgery in the Air Force and was performed by Lt. Col. (Dr.) Kyle Weld, director of endourology at the 59th Surgical Specialties Squadron.

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