In developing this new facility network, a Kaiser nephrologist assumed the role of medical director in each of the new facilities. aureus (MSSA) and two MRSA isolates (one from a nephrologist and one from a dialysis patient) were obtained.
The AGTR and AGER programs were eliminated, and Lt. Cmdr. Burson went from being the last commanding officer of USS Liberty to also being the last commanding officer of USS Palm Beach (AGER 3), which was stricken from the Navy Register on December 1, 1969 For Many, a Catastrophe without Closure
Continued success and further expansion led to NAVSCIATTS official establishment as a Naval Shore Command (the first Commanding Officer was Commander Richard James Flanagan) on July 21, 1983, under then-President Ronald Reaganâs directives to enhance U.S. security forces relationships in Latin America and the Caribbean.