F. Public Health After considerable study and evaluation it has been determined that the best plan for the Marshall Islands is to integrate the preventive aspects of public health with that of the primary care workers. An exca@ption to this general policy might be to train a few graduate nurses in the sfecial program offered by the School of Nursing of the University of the South Pacific at Suva, Fiji as mentioned in the preceeding paragraph. The Division of Public Health would be headed by an expatriate public health professional who would have as his counterpart a medica] officer with public health training. who would be His staff would have seven specialist medical assistants or graduate nurses who have received additional training in public health. The function of these persons would include fhe following: health education, maternal and child health, communicable disa@ases, chronic diseases, environmental health, nutrition, mental health. If addition to these specialists there would be two sanitarians and four secretaries. G. Ancillary Medical Personnel Ancillary medical technicians, personnel pharmacists, such occupational as laboratory technicians, therapists/physical] x-ray therapists, respiratory therapists and nurse anesthestists have been discilssed in other sections, primarily that of secondary care, as most of their] services are needed in the hospitals. The recommended numbers of such personne! are as followsk X-ray technologist - 1 expatriate at Majuro X-ray technicians - 2 at Majuro and 1 at Ebeye X-ray technician assistants - 2 at Majuro and 1 at Ebey Clinical Laboratory Technologists - 1 expatriate at Majuro and 1 expatriate at Ebeye Clinical Laboratory Technologists - 2 nationals at Majurp Clinical Laboratory Technicians - 5 at Majuro and 1 at Ebeye Clinical Laboratory Assistant - 1 at Ebeye Pharmacy Technicians - 2 at Majuro and 1 at Ebeye Pharmacist Assistant - 2 at Majuro and 1 at Ebeye Physical Therapist - 1 at Majuro Physical Therapist Assistant - 1 at Majuro Mental Health Counselor - 1 at Majuro and 1 at Ebeye Hemodialysis-Nurse Technicians - 1 expatriate at Majuro and 3 nationals at Majuro Respiratory Therapist/Nurse Anesthetists - 2 at Majuro Medical Records Supervisors - 1 at Majuro and 1 at Ebey 14 amd 1 at Ebeye