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Lt. Lyman Woollens, family medicine physician assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Urgent Care Clinic (right) receives instructions from Navy Diver 1st Class Andrew Turner before receiving his initial hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the Navy’s oldest certified dive chamber, affectionally known as ‘The Whale,’ located on Naval Undersea Warfare Center. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy – a specialty of Navy undersea medicine – can help with treatment for a host of ailments, illnesses and medical conditions. Research has shown that it is a well-established treatment for fighting infections and wounds that haven’t been able to heal from severe injuries (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).