The Patrol is authorized for 1,946 sworn positions and 529 non-sworn positions for a total of 2,475 full time employees.
Red blood cell: The blood cell that carries oxygen. Red cells contain hemoglobin and it is the hemoglobin which permits them to transport oxygen (and carbon dioxide). Hemoglobin, aside from being a transport molecule, is a pigment. It gives the cell its red color (and name).
1) In the blood, oxygen is carried by the red blood cells as oxyhemoglobin (this is just oxygen bonded to hemoglobin). 2) At the body cells, this oxygen leaves the hemoglobin by easily diffusing through the capillaries. 3) The cells can now carry out cellular aerobic respiration at the mitochondria for energy.