In every war of the United States since the Civil War the South was more belligerent than the rest of the country.

Thus, to cite but one example, the Pax Britannica of the nineteenth century, whether with the British navy ruling the seas or with the City of London ruling world finance, was strictly national in motivation, however much other nations ( e.g., the United States ) may have incidentally benefited.

National responsibility for individual welfare is a concept not limited to the United States or even to the Western nations.

( Since the time-span of the nation-state coincides roughly with the separate existence of the United States as an independent entity, it is perhaps natural for Americans to think of the nation as representative of the highest form of order, something permanent and unchanging.

In recent weeks, as a result of a sweeping defense policy reappraisal by the Kennedy Administration, basic United States strategy has been modified -- and large new sums allocated -- to meet the accidental-war danger and to reduce it as quickly as possible.

Its radar screens would register Soviet missiles shortly after they are launched against the United States.

In 1938, at the insistence of Arturo Toscanini, Steinberg left Germany for the United States, by way of Switzerland.

After he had spent the first three years in New York as associate conductor, at Toscanini's invitation, of the NBC Orchestra, he made numerous guest appearances throughout the United States and Latin America.

`` Then I return to the United States for engagements at the Hollywood Bowl and in Philadelphia '', he added.

The difference came down to this: The Southern States insisted that the United States was, in last analysis, what its name implied -- a Union of States.

`` we the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America ''.

The 140,414 Americans who gave `` the last full measure of devotion '' to prevent disunion, preserved individual freedom in the United States from the dangers of anarchy, inherent in confederations, which throughout history have proved fatal in the end to all associations composed primarily of sovereign states, and to the liberties of their people.

There one finds concentrated in a comparatively small area the chief universities, colleges, and preparatory schools of the United States.

The rise of the giant corporations in Western Europe and the United States dates from the period 1880-1900.

He says: `` beside the Protestant philosophy of Progress, as expressed in radical or conservative millenarianism, should be placed the doctrine of the democratic faith which affirmed it to be the duty of the destiny of the United States to assist in the creation of a better world by keeping lighted the beacon of democracy ''.

During the next five years liberal leaders in the United States sank in the cumulative confusion attendant upon and manifested in a negative policy of Containment -- and the bitterest irony -- enforced and enforceable only by threat of a weapon that we felt the greatest distaste for but could not abandon: the atom bomb.

And here again we hear the same refrain mentioned above: `` the paramount goal of the United States set long ago was to guard the rights of the individual, ensure his development, enlarge his opportunity ''.

`` I arrived in the United States with the idea of establishing myself there more or less permanently and finding inspiration for new compositions ''.

This is the good kind of sophistication, and with all our problems and crises this kind of sophistication has flowered in the United States during recent years.

but Wright stayed in the United States.

Most developed countries now provide a government funded emergency medical service, which can be run on a national level, as is the case in the United Kingdom, where a national network of ambulance trusts operate an emergency service, paid for through central taxation, and available to anyone in need, or can be run on a more regional model, as is the case in the United States, where individual authorities have the responsibility for providing these services.

Reverse Lend-lease or Reciprocal Aid was the supply of equipment and services to the United States, e. g. the British Austin K2 military ambulance.

* Emergency care assistant, an ambulance driver in the United Kingdom

For instance, every NHS ambulance in the United Kingdom is equipped with a manual defibrillator for use by the attending paramedics and technicians.

In the United Arab Emirates the 999 service is used to contact the police who are also capable of forwarding the call as appropriate to the ambulance or fire services.

* Independent Ambulance Association representing private ambulance services in the United Kingdom

He initiated the Freedom House Enterprise Ambulance Service, one of the first prehospital emergency medical services in the United States in 1967 and developed standards for emergency medical technician ( EMT ) education and training, as well as standards for mobile intensive care ambulance design and equipment.

In the United Kingdom, most statutory NHS ambulance services deploy paid first responders who drive dedicated " Rapid Response Vehicles " ( RRVs ).

The exploration of the idea continued, however, and fully organized air ambulance services were used by France and the United Kingdom during the African and Middle Eastern Colonial Wars of the 1920s ; over 7, 000 casualties were evacuated by the French during this period.

Schaefer Air Service was also the first FAA-certified air ambulance service in the United States.

Great strides were made in the UK between 2005-2008 when the independent charities formed themselves into the national association of air ambulance charities ( AAAC ) This organization is widely credited for having created the political climate which resulted in the helicopter industry and National Health Service recognising the enormous contribution that charities made to trauma care in the United Kingdom.

After a spike in air ambulance crashes in the United States in the 1990s, the U. S. government and the Commission on Air Medical Transportation Systems ( CAMTS ) stepped up the accreditation and air ambulance flight requirements, ensuring that all pilots, personnel, and aircraft meet much higher standards than previously required.

The resulting CAMTS accreditation, which applies only in the United States, includes the requirement for an air ambulance company to own and operate its own aircraft.

Beginning in the 1990s, the number of air ambulance crashes in the United States, mostly involving helicopters, began to climb.

As a result, nearly fifty percent of all EMS personnel deaths in the United States occur in air ambulance crashes.

Can sometimes double up as an ambulance in some countries, such as the United States, especially in rural areas.

Category: Air ambulance services in the United States

At age 18 in 1917, shortly after the United States entered World War I, Hutchins joined the ambulance service of the United States Army, together with his brother William.

Together, the combined New York State branches have grown to become the largest all-volunteer ambulance system in the United States.

The Central Park Medical Unit ( CPMU ) is an all-volunteer ambulance service that provides completely free emergency medical service to patrons of Central Park and the surrounding streets, in Manhattan, New York City, United States.

Kenny improved the stretcher for use by local ambulance services, and for the next three years marketed it as the " Sylvia Stretcher " in Australia, Europe and the United States.