Ambulance
a hospital establishment which accompanies an army in its movements in the field for the purpose of AMENEMHAT providing assistance and surgical treatment to the soldiers wounded in battle. The name is also given to one of the carts or wagons used to transfer the wounded to the hospital. Americans of both sexes volunteered for ambulance service in France almost from the begin ning of the World War of 1914-1918.
Thousands of American ambulances, devices, drivers, and attendants were employed on the battle fields of France, Italy, and Russia after America entered the war. See RED CROSS.