Bethesda Naval Hospital

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United States Navy medical facility military hospital

Bethesda Naval Hospital, officially the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, was a major U.S. military medical facility known for treating presidents and other high-ranking officials.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Navy medical facility → military hospital →
commissioned	1942 →
constructionStartDate	1939 →
coordinateLocation	38.999°N 77.097°W →
country	United States of America →
function	provide medical care to U.S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel → provide medical care to U.S. presidents → provide medical care to senior U.S. government officials → teaching hospital →
hasFacility	emergency department → inpatient hospital → medical training facilities → outpatient clinics → research laboratories → surgical suites →
inception	1940 →
locatedIn	Bethesda, Maryland →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Maryland → Montgomery County, Maryland →
mergedInto	Walter Reed National Military Medical Center →
mergerDate	2011 →
nearby	National Institutes of Health campus →
notableEvent	autopsy of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 →
notablePatient	Barack Obama → Bill Clinton → Dwight D. Eisenhower → Franklin D. Roosevelt → George H. W. Bush → George W. Bush → Gerald Ford → Jimmy Carter → John F. Kennedy → Lyndon B. Johnson → Richard Nixon → Ronald Reagan →
officialName	National Naval Medical Center →
operatedBy	Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery → United States Navy →
ownedBy	United States Department of the Navy →
partOf	Military Health System → United States military health system →
replacedBy	Walter Reed National Military Medical Center →
shortName	NNMC →
significantEvent	Gulf War medical treatment of service members → Korean War medical treatment of service members → Vietnam War medical treatment of service members → World War II medical treatment of service members →
status	former hospital →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ("National Naval Medical Center") → Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ("Bethesda Naval Medical Center") →	formerName
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center →	alsoKnownAs
Assassination of John F. Kennedy →	autopsyLocation
Assassination of John F. Kennedy →	bodyTakenTo
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ("National Naval Medical Center") →	formedByMergerOf
North Bethesda, Maryland ("National Naval Medical Center") →	nearbyFederalAgency
Bethesda Naval Hospital ("National Naval Medical Center") →	officialName