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Show 00 PILOTS TO RECEIVE STRICT MEDICAL TEST "WASHINGTON. April 6. Creation of a special "aation medical service" in the nrmy medical corps Is expected to materially reduce fatalities among fliers on aclivo service, according to an official announcement. Statistics r compiled by British military authorities authori-ties were quoted as showing that during dur-ing the first year of the war 30 per cent of the deaths among British aviators avi-ators were recorded as physical defects de-fects of pilots, S per cent 10 defective planes and 2 per cent to enemy aetiv-ty. aetiv-ty. After the establishment of an air medical service which made a special study of tho qualifications necessary in an aviator, the percentage of deatns duo to the faults of the pilots was reduced re-duced to twelve. |