One-year anniversary of Urology ‘first’ at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center
(From left to right) Maj. Alejandro Ayala, 59th Surgical Operations Squadron nurse, Col. (Dr.) Necia Pope, 959th Medical Group urologist, and Marcella Smith, 59th Surgical Operations Squadron lead orthopedic technician, pose for a photo Sept. 2022 after the first ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy to be performed at Wilford Hall, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, since its designation as an ambulatory surgical center in 2011. This expansion of urology services required the vision and efforts of countless San Antonio military medical teams. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tory Patterson).
