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Advances in operational medicine for Navy Medicine and Defense Health Agency was on full display with the annual Continuous Process Improvement Fair held at Naval Hospital Bremerton, May 10-13, 2025. Hospitalmen Austin Elrod and Cadence Chacon presented Ophthalmology Department’s submission, ‘Ocular Triage and Challenges of Standardization’ noting there was a lack of accurate ophthalmic triaging at the initial point of care, resulting in deferred patient referral and delays in care. Their goal was to standardize the triage process with initial [patient] presentation at primary and urgent care clinics, reduce time delays for urgent and emergent ophthalmology cases and reduce potential patient harm through delays in reporting for care. Project lead was Lt. Cmdr. Lan Nguyen, assisted by team member HM2 Quinniece Mosley (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).