âBeing hospitalized can be a scary time for people, and they may not always understand whatâs going on,â says William Atchley, a hospitalist in Norfolk, Virginia. Hospitalists aim to reduce the confusion of a hospital stay and guide patients through their treatment. Although they are physicians, hospitalists donât have an office practice. Instead, they serve as the single point of contact for a patient moving through the hospital, from admittance to dischargeâand beyond. What they do
The mid ocean ridge systems are the largest geological features on the planet. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is a mostly underwater mountain range in the Atlantic Ocean that runs from 87Â°N-about 333km south of the North Pole-to subantarctic Bourvet island at 54Â°S.ost of the ridge system is under water but forms land as a set of volcanic islands of varying size that run the length of the Atlantic Ocean. These islands are: 1  Jan Mayen (Norway). 2  Iceland. 3  Azores (Portugal). 4  St Paulâs rock (Brazil). 5  Ascension Island (UK).
Horta, Azores, Portugal. Faial Island is part of the central group of the Azores archipelago and is part of Portugal. The surface area of the island is approximately 67 square miles and it has about 15,000 inhabitants. Horta is on the southeast end of the island. The airport hub for most of the flights to the Azores islands is Lisbon on mainland Portugal. It takes about two hours to fly from Lisbon to the Azores. You can also fly from Boston, Providence, Oakland (CA) and Toronto directly to the Azores.