This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The DoD provides medical care to 9.6 million active duty service members, their families, and others. DoD's Military Health System has wanted to acquire and deploy an electronic health record system for some time. The latest version of this initiative -- the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technol. Application (AHLTA) -- was expected to provide real-time access to individual and military population health info. and facilitate clinical support. However, the system's early performance was problematic, and DoD has said that it intended to acquire a new electronic health record system. This report: (1) determines the status of AHLTA; (2) determines DoD's plans for acquiring its new system; and (3) evaluates DoD's acquisition management of the initiative. Illus.