Maj. Jonathan Flores of the U.S. Air Force arrives Tuesday for a presentation at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Flores is the officer in charge of the 20 medical professionals from the U.S. Air Force who arrived Monday to provide additional medical staff at the hospital. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Maj. Jonathan Flores of the U.S. Air Force speaks Tuesday with registered nurse Kris Chaisson, vice president of nursing and patient care services, and chief medical officer Dr. John Alexander at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Flores is the officer in charge of the 20 medical professionals from the U.S. Air Force who arrived Monday to provide additional medical staff at the hospital. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jonathan Flores speaks Tuesday with registered nurse Kris Chaisson, vice president of nursing and patient care services, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Flores is the officer in charge of the 20 medical professionals from the U.S. Air Force who arrived Monday to provide additional medical staff at the hospital. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Maj. Jonathan Flores of the U.S. Air Force speaks Tuesday with chief medical officer Dr. John Alexander and registered nurse Kris Chaisson, vice president of nursing and patient care services, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Flores is the officer in charge of the 20 medical professionals from the U.S. Air Force who arrived Monday to provide additional medical staff at the hospital. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jonathan Flores speaks Tuesday with Ann Kim, director of corporate communications, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Flores is the officer in charge of the 20 medical professionals from the U.S. Air Force who arrived Monday to provide additional medical staff at the hospital. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jonathan Flores, above at left center, speaks Tuesday with Jim Cyr at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Flores is the officer in charge of the 20 medical professionals from the U.S. Air Force who arrived Monday to provide additional medical staff at the hospital. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal