Mr. Specter. How long did it take you approximately to travel from the point where you received the notice that he was en route until your arrival at the emergency room?
Dr. Perry. No more than 2 or 3 minutes.
Mr. Specter. And you say you arrived there simultaneously with Mr. Oswald?
Dr. Perry. Just as he came in.
Mr. Specter. Precisely where in the hospital was it where you met Mr. Oswald?
Dr. Perry. He was brought into the emergency room, trauma room number two, and as they wheeled him in I came around the corner.
Mr. Specter. What action did you take with respect to Mr. Oswald?
Dr. Perry. Well, there were numerous people in attendance, more so than on the previous incident on Friday. He also obviously was quite seriously injured. He was cyanotic, very blue and although he also was attempting respirations, they were not effective, and an endotracheal tube was placed in him by one of the anesthesiologists, I think Dr. Jenkins, and I examined his chest and noted the entrance point of the bullet wound on the left side and I could feel the bullet just under the skin on the right side, right rear margin, indicating the bullet had passed entirely through his body and come to rest under the skin.
Mr. Specter. Where through his body?
Dr. Perry. I beg your pardon sir, the bullet entered approximately the midaxillary line at about the 9th or 10th interspace on the left side of the chest cage, and came to rest just under the rib margin on the right side under the skin.