Figure 4From: Air ambulance flights in northern Norway 2002-2008. Increased number of secondary fixed wing (FW) operations and more use of rotor wing (RW) transports The figure illustrates the trend in fixed wing activities. This was according to primary, secondary and return missions during the study period (2002-2008). Primary operations = transporting patients from patient's place of living to hospital; secondary operations = inter-hospital transports; return = transport of patient back home.Back to article page