The First Ambulance Service
Updated February 23, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
The Question:
Who invented the ambulance vehicle?
The Answer:
Vehicles used to transport soldiers injured during battle date back to 11th century Europe. But Bellevue Hospital in New York City is credited with establishing the first hospital-based civilian ambulance service in the United States. The horse-and-buggy teams were organized by Dr. Edward L. Dalton in 1869.
Today the Bellevue Hospital Center is run by New York University's School of Medicine.
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