Airman 1st Class Emanuel White scrubs down the arm of a "patient" before surgery in the operating room Feb. 27 at the Air Force Theater Hospital at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Patient preparation and time management are crucial to an operation's success. Airman White is a 332nd Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron surgical technician, who is deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The photo is taken from the patient's perspective. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)