that air ambulances were first used during the Franco Prussian war to evacuate 160 casualties during the seige of Paris using hot air baloons.
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The earliest reported use of air transport to move trauma victims for medical treatment appears to be during the Franco-Prussian war and siege of Paris in 1870. 160 injured soldiers were moved from the battlefield to army hospitals via hot air balloons.
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