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training to become a nationally registered
paramedic, and later enrolled in Health Ser-
vice Management courses at the University
of Maryland; in fact, he earned his degree
during the very same year that he founded
Capital Ambulance, serving the Maine com-
munities of Augusta and Bangor. Capital
Ambulance was not only the first service in
Maine to implement a Critical Care Trans-
port program, but was also the first to create
a neonatal transport program, in collabora-
tion with Eastern Maine Medical Center. In
1995, Capital Ambulance secured acclaim as
a recipient of the Governor’s Business Excel-
lence Award.
Throughout all that time, Dennis Brock-
way was directing operations at Delta Am-
bulance, one of Maine’s largest not-for-prof-
it services. Much like McCarthy, Brockway
was smitten by the profession when he was
a teenager. In 1971, Brockway was only 16
years old (and only trained inRedCross First
Aid) when he began working for ArrowAm-
bulance ofWaterville. Being called to action,
and reveling in that awareness that comes
from helping others and knowing your role
in alleviating their pain; proved so enticing
to Brockway that it also inspired him to be-
come an EMT. He was only 17 when he be-