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).
Hemoglobin. A protein inside red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to tissues and organs in the body and carries carbon dioxide back to the lungs. Leukocytes (White Blood Cells). A type of immune cell. Most white blood cells are made in the bone marrow and are found in the blood and lymph tissue. tissue with red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and other substances suspended in fluid called plasma. Blood takes oxygen and nutrients to the tissues, and carries away wastes. Blood Plasma. The clear, yellowish, fluid part of the blood that carries the blood cells.