The service has the only publicly-funded "Air Wing" in the U.K., which consists of two Eurocopter EC-135 helicopters, one based at Inverness and the other at Glasgow and two Beech King Air 200c fixed wing aircraft, both based in Aberdeen, which provide emergency response and transfers of patients to and from remote areas of Scotland.
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The Scottish Ambulance Service has a long history and a proud tradition of care.
We can trace our roots back over 200 years, and we have grown to become the largest national Ambulance Service in Europe.
Our Service serves all of Scotland and is a special health board funded department of the Scottish Executive. It serves two main functions - the provision of an accident and emergency service to respond to 999 calls and the Patient Transport Service, which performs the role of taking patients to and from their hospital appointments.
You can find information about Ambulance Service Transport and the equipment used by Ambulance Crews, all of which are available by clicking the links on the left of this page.
I've included pages covering the history of the Service, from the earliest form of transport to the very latest including the Air Ambulance Service and its Eurocopter EC-135 helicopter and Beech King Air 200c, purpose built, fixed wing air ambulance from GAMA aviation.
Facts & Figures: In 2005, Our service:
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Responded to 520,463 accident and emergency incidents
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Carried out 2,214,101 non-emergency patient journeys
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Flew 2938 air ambulance missions
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The service employs 3192 staff, of which 155 are in management and administration and 12 are board members.
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