20/20 Laser Centers announces high second quarter revenue figures.BETHESDA Bethesda, city, United States Bethesda, uninc. city (1990 pop. 62,936), Montgomery co., W central Md., an affluent residential and commercial suburb of Washington, D.C. The area was settled in the late 17th cent. , Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1996--20/20 Laser Centers announced Monday higher revenue figures than projected for the second quarter of this year. The company set a high growth plan when the first of its nine locations opened last January, but the actual figures have exceeded projections. "We have seen our revenues for the second quarter more than double, with a 125 percent increase in revenues and a similar increase in the number of patients treated," said Gary F. Jonas, the company's president and chief executive officer. The company reports revenues of $3 million for the first six months of 1996, with $918,000 reported in the first quarter and $2.1 million in the second quarter. The two locations that opened in January -- Rockville, Maryland Rockville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. According to the 2006 census update, the city had a total population of 59,114, making it the second largest city in Maryland. and Manhattan -- report a 112 percent increase in the number of procedures done in the second three months of this year. The sites operated by the company are treating large numbers of patients, with some sites doing over 100 procedures per month. The results for patients are equally impressive. Early analysis of the data for patients treated at 20/20 managed sites suggests results that meet or exceed those reported in two-year clinical trials conducted for the laser companies prior to FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. approval of the excimer laser A gas laser in which a very short electrical pulse excites a mixture containing a halogen such as fluorine and a rare gas such as argon or krypton. It produces a brief, intense pulse of ultraviolet light. . Many patients are so delighted with their results that they write doctors telling them how laser vision correction has improved the quality of their lives. Some write about careers once closed to them that they are now able to pursue. Others write about the pleasure of riding a motorcycle motorcycle, motor vehicle whose design is based on the bicycle. The German inventor Gottlieb Daimler is generally credited with building the first practical motorcycle in 1885. The motorcycle did not become dependable and popular, however, until after 1900. or running a marathon without worrying about glasses that slide down their nose or contact lenses contact lenses contact npl → verres mpl de contact contact lenses contact npl → Kontaktlinsen pl contact lenses npl that burn their eyes. For further information about this release contact Linda Snyder or Rick Hatch Hatch may refer to: Actions and objects
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