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HISTORICAL COLLECTION
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Adult Assessment and Care Team TERRITORY HEALTH SERVICES
Australian Council of Conununity Nursing Australian Council of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Administrative and Clerical Officers Assn Australian Council on the Ageing
Australian Dental Association Aboriginal Development Commission Aboriginal Development Foundation
Alcohol and Drug Foundation of Australia Aged and Disabled Persons Accommodation and Care Program
Aged and Disabled Persons Homes Act Accident and Emergency
Australian Group for the Scientific Study Of Mental Deficiency
Australian Hospitals Association
Australian Health Ministers'Advisory Council (combined AHSC & SCOHM)
Australian Health Ministers Conference ~
Allied Health Professionals
Australian Health Services Council Aboriginal Health Worker
Acquired Inunune Deficiency Syndrome Aborigines Inland Mission
Australian Institute of Management
Aboriginal and Islander Medical Service Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Australian Medical Association Aerial Medical Service
Australian Nursing Assessment Council Area Nursing Officer
A New Start Towards Independence Australian Pensioners Federation
Australian Paraplegic Quadriplegic Council Australian Public Service Association
Alice Springs Child Health Unit Alice Springs Hospital
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
Community Approach to Drug Abuse Prevention Crisis Accommodation Program
Community Health Centre
Central Health Information System
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Central Land Council
Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service Commonwealth State Housing Agreement Corrunonwealth Serum Laboratories
Computerised Tomography
Department of Aboriginal Affairs Drug and Alcohol Advisory Committee
Disability Advisory Council of Australia Drug and Alcohol Bureau
Drug and Alcohol Services Association Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association of Australia
Darwin Institute of Technology Disabled Persons Bureau
Disabled Persons International
Enrolled Nurse
Facsimile Message (one machine brand name is Vocadex)
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Family Income Supplement Freedom of Information
Foundation Of Rehabilitation With
Aboriginals' Alcohol Related Difficulties Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons
Government Accounting-System Gove District Hospital
Grant In Aid
Home and Community Care Hospital Information System Hospital Management Board Handicapped Persons Welfare Health Registration Number
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International Classification of Diseases International Council of Social Welfare Intensive Care Unit
Independent Health Service
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Integrated Northern Territory Accounting System
Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme
Industrial Relations
Katherine Hospital
Katherine Institute of Aboriginal Health
Mosquito Eradication Campaign
Methicillin (multiple antibiotic) Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (known as golden staph) Medical Superintendent
Maximum Staffing Allocation
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National Advisory Council for the Handicapped National Aboriginal Education Committee
National Aboriginal and Islander Health Organisation
National Acoustic Laboratory
National Campaign Against Drug Abuse National Committee on Health and Vital Statistics
National Employment Strategy for Aboriginals National Health and Medical Research Council National Health Technology Advisory Panel Northern Land Council
National Specialist Qualifications Advisory Committee
New South Wales Advisory Committee on the Handicapped
Northern Territory Trachoma and Eye Health Committee Inc
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Program of Aids for Disabled People Personnel Officer
Public Service Commissioner
Royal Australian Nursing Federation
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Regional Director Royal Darwin Hospital Regional Dental Officer Royal Flying Doctor Service Resident Medical Officer Registered Nurse
Rural Old Timers and Friends Association Radio for the Print Handicapped
Residential and Respite Care Committee Repetition Strain Injury
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Supported Accommodation Assistance Program Standing Committee Of Health Ministers Standing Inter-Departmental Committee On Rehabilitation
Standing Operational Procedures
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Conunonwealth/State Standing Committee on
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sheltered Workshop
Technical Aid to the Disabled Tennant Creek Hospital
Total Health Information System Tiwi Land Council
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