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Top, Kathy Wright, administrative assistant in the Finance department, takes a look in the cockpit of a LifeFlight helicopter last week at an open house at the new facility on top of the hospital. (photos by Anne Rayner)
![The new helipad has improved the efficiency and response time of the operation.](https://news.vumc.org/wp-content/uploads/reporter_42001_5.jpg)
The new helipad has improved the efficiency and response time of the operation.
![Steve Wilkerson, RN, EMT-P, gives the crowd of guided tour of the helicopter](https://news.vumc.org/wp-content/uploads/reporter_42001_6.jpg)
Steve Wilkerson, RN, EMT-P, gives the crowd of guided tour of the helicopter