Injured arrive at Wilford Hall Published April 9, 2003 LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- Forty-seven servicemembers injured during Operation Iraqi Freedom arrived here April 9 while waiting for flights to medical centers near their home stations.The patients arrived aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft after an 11-hour, non-stop flight from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Once here, they were moved onto ambulances and specially-modified buses called ambuses, according to officials.Most patients went to the aeromedical staging facility, where they waited for airlift to a medical center near their home units. Five are still waiting for transportation to the West Coast, according to Wilford Hall Medical Center officials.The patients were soldiers, sailors and Marines, both male and female, and their conditions ranged from serious to ambulatory (able to move on their own). Wilford Hall Medical Center staff provided minor care, food and shelter for the troops.