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This undated photo of Connie Culp, before the injury to her face would lead her to become the first face transplant patient in the United States. Culp spoke to the media at a news conference at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. The 46-year-old mother of two lost most of the mids- ection of her face to a gunshot in 2004. The initial surgery by the Cleveland Clinic team took place in December 2008.(Xinhua/AFP Photo) |