Mr. Specter. Dr. McClelland, in connection with your duties at Parkland Hospital, or before, have you had any experience with gunshot wounds?
Dr. McClelland. Yes.
Mr. Specter. Where in your background did you acquire that experience?
Dr. McClelland. Largely during residency training and subsequent to that in my capacity here on the staff.
Mr. Specter. And what has provided the opportunity for your experience here at Parkland in residency training and on the staff with respect to acquiring knowledge of gunshot wounds?
Dr. McClelland. Largely this has been related to the type of hospital which Parkland is; namely, City-County Hospital which receives all of the indigent patients of this county, many of whom are involved frequently in shooting altercations, so that we do see a large number of that type patient almost daily.
Mr. Specter. Could you approximate for me the total number of gunshot wounds which you have had an opportunity to observe?
Dr. McClelland. I would estimate that it would be in excess of 200.
Mr. Specter. What was your duty assignment back on November 22, 1963?
Dr. McClelland. At that time I was showing a film on surgical techniques to a group of students and residents on the second floor of Parkland Hospital in the surgical suite, where I was notified of the fact that President Kennedy was being brought to the Parkland emergency room after having been shot.