71.   Its first patients could be treated this week, and the military has already tried out new security procedures during surgeries on detainees at the main base hospital.

72.   She was the first patient Rodriguez had lost.

73.   She is the first bird flu patient to be interviewed.

74.   The first patient in the study was a former World War II fighter pilot from the Cincinnati area.

75.   The first patient to receive a self-contained artificial heart remained in stable condition Monday, seven days after the procedure.

76.   The first patient to receive a self-contained artificial heart was resting comfortably on a ventilator Saturday at the hospital where the surgery was performed.

77.   The first patient to receive a self-contained artificial heart remained in stable condition Sunday, six days after the transplant.

78.   The identity of the first patient to receive an AbioCor heart remains a secret.

79.   The Sunday Times said prototypes will be ready for the first patients within two years and Westaby hopes to test it.

80.   The teen-ager is the first patient known to have died as a direct result of a gene therapy experiment.