time. Nursing manpower development has been budgeted for in this proposal, irrespective of the school budgetary impact. location, though this will obviously have a No expenses related to relocating the school have been budgeted. 3. Inter-Atoll Transportaiton The usual transportation among the outer atolls is by copra field ship. Recently the Airline of the Marshal] Islands was formed and the government plans to expand the number of airstrips within the essentially all atolls can be reached by air. next two years so This proposal assumes this transportation expansion will be realized and can be utilized for health needs, @.g. supervision, supply distribution and patient referral. 4. Intra Lagoon Transportation The government has already initiated plans for each atoll to have a lagoon boat available for transportation between islands. This is important for patient evacuation and supply distribution to those islands of each atoll which are some distance from the "main" island with the airstrip and medical assistant with his better skills and supplies. 5. Communication Several sections (e.g. police, etc.) of the government have finalized plans to install a multiplex radio communication system using solar power on each atoll. This will be an indispensable part of the health care system and a partial budget for ancillary equipment is included in this proposal.