Editing First Aid (G1)

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:''First Aid is an [[Autobot]] [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TFU First Aid.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damn it, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a pacifist!]]
'''First Aid''' is one of the most empathic and compassionate beings you'll ever meet. He cares deeply about all living things. Heck, he even cares deeply about the "pain" of inanimate objects. A broken or malfunctioning can-opener will earn just as much sympathy and attention as a fellow Autobot. Otherwise, First Aid is a soft-spoken and sometimes overly cautious sort (especially when it comes to the well-being of a fellow Autobot). Still, all the Autobots know he will work long and hard to do his best for them and that their well-being matters to him more than anything, and those are quite comforting thoughts.

First Aid combines with his fellow Protectobots to form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Gaia Guardian]], or [[God Guardian]].

{{bigquote|Where there's life, there's hope.|First Aid|"[[Funeral for a Friend!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Bell]] (English), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese)|[[Massimo Corizza]] (Italian), [[Michael Rüth]] (German, "The Ultimate Weapon" & "The Big Broadcast of 2006"), [[Wolfgang Mascher]] (German, "Surprise Party"), [[Franz Rudnick]] (German, "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1"), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, ''Generation 2'' dub of "The Ultimate Weapon"), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1"), Unknown (European French, "Surprise Party"), [[Lauro Fabiano]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:TUW first aid fullbody.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|The shiniest doctor around.]]
First Aid was an avowed pacifist. When the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked an inhabited city on [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] called upon the Protectobots to evacuate the civilians caught in the crossfire. First Aid helped an injured man discovered by Streetwise. Later, as Earth's orbit was diverted to the [[Sun]] by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], First Aid brought civilians to a meat locker that [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and Streetwise had commandeered to help the [[human]]s cool down. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

First Aid, as part of Defensor, was the arm that wielded the rifle which totally blew up [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Afterwards, he was with the Protectobots when they saved some window-washers from a burning skyscraper. Later still, First Aid and the other Protectobots were ordered to help defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] from a Decepticon attack. They merged into Defensor and activated his useless force field, which almost immediately deactivated, allowing the Decepticons to blast Defensor back into his component parts. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:Firstaidfixesmultramagnus.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Well... a little clyster with the fresh machine oil... and your constipation will pass off!]]
In the year [[2005]], First Aid was among the Autobots stationed at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when the Autobot city came under attack from [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}} Later, in 2006, he was on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for the planet's first peace conference. He participated in a surprise birthday party for [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] along with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], Groove and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. The Combaticons then attacked a nearby shuttle bay, hoping to scrap the ships which would be used to ferry delegates to the conference. First Aid happily blasted away at the Combaticons. After the battle, First Aid was tending to a serious wound Magnus suffered on his back, when he used his own body to shield Wheelie from a Decepticon attack. When attention turned to the damaged shuttle, Ultra Magnus insisted First Aid repair the ship first and deal with his injuries later. Guess he forgot First Aid was a doctor, not a mechanic! (Ol' [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] sure wouldn't have taken no lip—he would have disconnected the patient's vocal processor first.) {{storylink|Surprise Party}}

First Aid and the Protectobots were part of the Autobot unit that travelled to the planet [[Eurythma]], forming Defensor to battle Decepticons there. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} Later, when [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] took heavy fire over the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]], [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] brought him back to Cybertron for repairs. First Aid arrived and began patching up the super-robot. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} 
[[File:TUD firstaid.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"This isn't a war. It's a murder." [switch flipped] "This isn't a war, it's a moider!"]] 
When the Autobots were asked to help the Dutch authorities deal with French rebels, First Aid bemoaned the whole situation, wondering why humans were always fighting amongst themselves. After the human aggressors were dispersed, a Decepticon sneak attack knocked [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] out of the sky, and First Aid carried him back to Metroplex for repairs. No sooner was the operation complete than an intruder alert within the city drew the medic's attention, and he found the Decepticon Swindle stealing Metroplex's [[transformation cog]]. First Aid attempted to talk the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] into handing the cog over, but Swindle laughed in his face, and was easily able make off with his loot because First Aid's pacifism meant that he refused to fight back. Despite [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s attempts to convince First Aid that they didn't expect him to compromise his beliefs, the medic felt he was a liability to the Autobots and left, taking up residence in a junk yard and helping its custodian [[NUL-A]] chug down some oil and repair some refrigerators. In time, First Aid was approached by [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], who brought dire news that the immobilized Metroplex was under attack from Trypticon. Only the skilled First Aid could properly align Metroplex's new transforming cog, and the medic was convinced to lend his aid. [[File:RoOP1 firstaid altmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The devil is in the detailing... or maybe the lack thereof.]] While Trypticon and the half-transformed Metroplex fought it out, First Aid bravely entered the Autobot giant and re-aligned the cog, allowing the Autobot city to transform fully and defeat Trypticon. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

When [[Jessica Morgan]] was injured in a Decepticon attack on her [[Mark Morgan|father]]'s laboratory, First Aid was summoned to transport her to County General Hospital. First Aid helped to restore the paralyzed Jessica's ability to walk with an exo-skeleton, but his efforts were met only with hatred from her father, who loathed the Transformers. Subsequently, when news reached the Autobots that Optimus Prime's body was being kept at Morgan's lab, First Aid and the Protectobots were part of the battle unit that returned there, merged as Defensor. Like most present, they succumbed to the madness of the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

In [[2007]], First Aid and the Protectobots were among those who defended Cybertron against a major Decepticon attack, only to fall before the power of the new Decepticon [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}} Some time later, at [[Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, First Aid, among other Autobots, presented to the human boy a cake. {{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
First Aid and the other Protectobots made their dramatic debut when they formed Defensor to defeat both Menasor and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 12|Story page #12}}

=====Scramble City=====
First Aid and the Protectobots participated in the Scramble City project under Ultra Magnus's direction, working towards the construction of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. After the Decepticons uncovered their secret building site, the Protectobots rode into battle alongside the newly completed Metroplex. First Aid and his comrades arrived and formed Defensor just in time to act as the harbinger of Metroplex and his really big gun. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masaharu Satō]] (Japanese)}}
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In [[2011]], Galvatron attacked Cybertron looking to take control of [[Vector Sigma]]. First Aid and the Protectobots were active in Cybertron's defense as Defensor during the assault, {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} after which they were reassigned to Earth to help keep the Decepticons busy while [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s searched for the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]]. On a security sweep, the Protectobots ran across their old nemeses, the Combaticons, and the two teams quickly combined to battle as Bruticus and Defensor. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

[[File:JHeadmasters09Tracks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Just what the doctor ordered!]]
When Galvatron made another strike on Cybertron, this time to steal the super-metal [[Cybertonuron]], First Aid and the Protectobots assembled before the [[space bridge]] on Earth to be transported into battle. As he helped defend the planet, First Aid was seen delivering a mighty kick to the face of... er, his fellow Autobot [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]. Seeking out the Combaticons on the battlefield, the Protectobots soon formed Defensor and fought once more with Bruticus. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} For at least part of the battle, the two teams disassembled again for man-to-man combat. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

First Aid and the Protectobots were dispatched to [[Peru]] with the [[Trainbot]]s when a volcano erupted, leaving a mountainside village in dire peril. Their rescue mission was blocked first by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], who [[Shouki]] and the Trainbots stepped in to occupy, then by the Decepticon Headmasters. True to his devout pacifism, First Aid was not seen engaging in battle until the Protectobots formed Defensor. In the combined form, however, the team were vulnerable to [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s paralysis ray, which was strong enough to force First Aid and the Protectobots apart and leave them completely immobilized. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

First Aid and the Protectobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Defensor upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Later, when the Autobots' attempts to provide energy aid to the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] were disrupted by the Decepticons, First Aid and the Protectobots fought back against the enemy, and formed Defensor to counter Devastator on the battlefield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

After the death of Ultra Magnus, the Autobots were desperately trying to pick up the slack during Sixshot's campaign of destruction around the globe. First Aid and the Protectobots assembled as Defensor to go out and confront Sixshot at one of the attack sites, but they apparently didn't fare too well. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, First Aid and the Protectobots assisted Spike in ridding the planet of all traces of their departed foes, starting with the Decepticons' abandoned Earth base. Combined as Defensor, the team joined Raiden and Computron in obliterating the base. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Following a lengthy period of inactivity, the Decepticons renewed their attacks on Earth. With [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] still off in space, Spike Witwicky dispatched First Aid and the Protectobots to Canberra, [[Australia]] to confronted Bruticus at one of Scorponok's new Death Towers. As Defensor, the Protectobots were beaten severely by Bruticus, and First Aid was even knocked out of the arm socket. Using Scramble Power, Defensor switched Streetwise up to his shoulder and reattached First Aid as a leg, still carrying his fireball cannon. Despite this cunning(?) trick, Defensor was defeated by Bruticus. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As part of Defensor, First Aid participated in the Autobots' final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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=====''Unite Warriors''=====
In [[2021]] when his old friend NUL-A's birthday came around, First Aid got the other Protectobots to play a baseball game in his honor. {{storylink|Today Is First Aid's Close Friend NUL-A's Birthday!}}

=====Wars comics=====
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First Aid was stationed at [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] while it was under reconstruction after an attack from [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]]. When Metrotitan and the Decepticons attacked again, the reborn Metroplex transformed and First Aid helped [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] man one of Metroplex's cannons. With Metroplex's firepower, the Decepticons were sent retreating. {{Storylink|Metrowars}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
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When the Decepticon combiners attacked a baseball stadium in [[Japan]], the Protectobots and Aerialbots raced to the rescue. After attending to the blaze created by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]'s destruction, First Aid and his team combined into Defensor. However, Defensor's central component was damaged battling Bruticus; with Hot Spot out of action, the Protectobots could not maintain their super-robot form. Getting an idea, the Autobots' human friend [[Kenji]] told [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] to shoot out the legs of the Decepticon super-robots. With their legs damaged, Menasor and Bruticus were left open for First Aid and the other small Protectobots to link up as their new legs, taking over the Decepticons' locomotion, sending them out to sea. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}} 

Later, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] were paving over a natural island paradise, and the Autobots sent a rescue party to save the wildlife and their friends on the island. Due to the medical needs of the mission, First Aid replaced [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] with the Aerialbots to form Superion. Even linked together, First Aid and the Aerialbots were outclassed against both [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], until [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] generated a hologram of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to distract the dino-base Decepticon, sending him over a cliff. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

=====''The Great Transformer War'' =====
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In [[2010]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] kidnapped the scientist [[Dalton]] in order to upgrade his combiner warriors. First Aid and the Protectobots joined forces with the Aerialbots to rescue Dalton from inside Trypticon. Superion was heavily damaged in the first strike run, however, and Hot Spot needed time in his repair bay mode to bring the Aerialbots back to fighting strength. While Blades snuck into Trypticon alone to rescue Dalton, First Aid, Streetwise and Groove defended Hot Spot against both Menasor and Bruticus. They held out long enough for the Aerialbots to be revived. After the Aerialbots distracted the Decepticons, Blades completed his mission and the Autobots rolled out for Scramble City with Dalton in tow. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
After Cybertron entered its new Golden Age, the war between the Autobots and Decepticons still raged in space and on Earth. First Aid perished along with most of the rest of Defensor in battle with their nemesis, Menasor. Only Streetwise and Breakdown survived. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
The Protectobots once lived on the colony world of [[Archon]], but as the colony slowly began to fail they succumbed to [[stasis lock]]. They remained that way until [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] chanced across the ruins of the planet and brought them back to Earth. The only way to revive them was through an [[energon]] infusion; the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s volunteered for the process. The Protectobots made a complete recovery and then some: the transfusion had given them the ability to combine! Optimus Prime gave them [[Protectobots' headquarters|their own headquarters]] in [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]], hoping that city life would help them acclimatize to life on Earth while also providing the metropolis with an extra degree of protection. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/21}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:SecondGeneration protectobots.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3|First Aid's faceplate and visor are at the dry cleaners.]]
''When their human ally [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] began suffering from a series of troubling dreams, the Autobots peered inside his mind in an attempt to understand. There, they saw a vision of a team of new robots, the Protectobots—First Aid among them—being ordered to guard the [[Pullen Power Plant]] against Decepticon attack. Attacked by the Stunticons and Combaticons, the team did the incredible, merging their bodies to become Defensor. Realizing that they were being sent a message about the future of Transformer evolution by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] itself, the Autobots determined to make this vision a reality and set about building the new robots they had seen.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}}

Having learned of a Decepticon plot to acquire the human-made [[hydrothermocline]], Optimus Prime brought the Protectobots with him to [[Energy Futures Industries]] in order to guard the device. After [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] arrived ready for a fight, the Transformers allowed themselves to be convinced of a better solution by [[Ethan Zachary]], an employee of EFI. Zachary would upload their minds into a video simulation program known as [[Multi-World]], allowing the Transformers to do battle without damaging the hydrothermocline or the surrounding area. Inside the game world, First Aid and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] were exploring Vineland when their path was blocked by a web of thick vines. [[File:Firstaid-g1issue26.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|I'd have helped, but I only do hands.]] First Aid wanted to blast through, but Streetwise thought better of it and merely lifted the vines out of their way. They were caught off-guard by the Combaticons [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], but were then miraculously saved by the living vines they had refrained from destroying moments ago. First Aid then used his [[decrystallizer cannon]] on the Decepticons, making them brittle enough for Streetwise to shatter with a burst from his [[Compression cannon|compressed air cannon]]. Ultimately, Optimus Prime declared himself the loser, and so First Aid and the other Protectobots watched their leader detonate before their eyes. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} ''These events were observed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

First Aid later attempted to console a despondent [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] after the death of Optimus Prime, teaching him that it was best to worry more about the patients he could save rather than the patients he could not. Returning to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] after attending Prime's funeral, First Aid and the other Autobots came under attack from the vessel's defense systems, control of which had been seized by the human criminal [[Mechanic|The Mechanic]]. Ratchet defeated the human, and he and First Aid tended to the wounded. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}}

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''When the freelance peacekeeping agent [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] travelled back in time from the future, First Aid was temporarily mass-displaced to [[Limbo]] to make room for the bounty hunter right before [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]]'s eyes.'' {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}}

After [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] abandoned the Autobots due to their disagreements with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s leadership, Grimlock tasked the Protectobots with finding the deserters and returning them to the Ark. First Aid and the others found them (and the [[Throttlebot]]s) hiding at [[Big Steve's Used Cars]], where the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s had already arrived. As the two teams battled each other, individually First Aid squared off with [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], and both sides were so blinded by their battle that they didn't notice [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] making away with Goldbug and the Throttlebots. With the Combaticons deterred, however, the Protectobots still had Blaster to bring back to Grimlock... for trial and execution. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} 

[[File:ChildsPlay-FirstAidGroove.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|<obligatory Scale article link>]] Blaster was mode-locked into stereo mode, clamped to [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and also carried inside First Aid for travel back to the Ark, but the Protectobots met up with the Combaticons again within a sprawling trainyard. After the Combaticons merged into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and laid into First Aid and the others, they were forced to set Blaster aside and merge into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] to counter. Blaster, released from mode-lock by some errant children, came to Defensor's rescue, and ultimately First Aid and the others decided Blaster shouldn't stand trial, and he was set free. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} After First Aid returned to the Ark, the humans were recaptured and Grimlock ordered them to be executed. First Aid and the other Autobots were upset, though they didn't know Grimlock was bluffing in order to draw Blaster into his custody. They begged Blaster to usurp leadership of the Autobots, but Blaster was forced to surrender himself in order to assure the children's safety. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} {{storylink|Totaled!}}

''Following Optimus Prime's return to life, First Aid and the Protectobots were assigned to guard the backup copy of the [[floppy disk]] that had enabled his resurrection, stored at an [[Alternate Reality, Inc.]] warehouse. Alerted to Combaticon activity at [[Rutter U.S. Military Base]], the team was relieved by the Autobot [[Powermaster]]s so they could go and deal with their old rivals. Unfortunately, they were too late to stop the Combaticons' theft of military technology; worse yet, upon their return to the warehouse, they discovered that the Decepticon Powermasters had stolen the disk in their absence. Combining into Defensor, they tried to stop the villains from escaping, but a barrage of fire from the underhanded Combaticons knocked the giant over. With the villains gone, Defensor split back into his components, and First Aid tended to the Autobot Powermasters' wounds.'' {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}

First Aid and several other Autobots helped Blaster train. {{storylink|Club Con!}} ''Soon after, First Aid was among the Transformers deactivated in the battle with the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] and was put in a life support capsule. A couple of years later, Optimus Prime briefly considered using a Matrix fragment to revive him after Ratchet's disappearance.'' {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
At the raw oil harbor of [[Rotterdam]], First Aid and the other Protectobots combined into Defensor to battle [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Ultimately, the Decepticons would retreat, as Powermaster Optimus Prime had predicted! {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
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When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including First Aid. And, when Grimlock chose to disobey Prime's directives and make a tactical first strike against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s ships, First Aid went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Sometime later, First Aid was working with a science team alongside [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]]. They attempted to find out what had devastated the population of [[J'asik]], down to the cellular level. Samples taken from the bodies helped the team identify the killer, known as the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], as an offshoot of the Cybertronian race. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

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====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material====
{{note|There are two diffent microcontinuities in ancillary Combiner Wars fiction. For the one mostly documented on the back of retail boxes and [[Combiner Wars (comic)|pack-in comic books]], see [[#PWTG1|below]].}}
At some point, First Aid contracted [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]].

Optimus Prime discovered the body of his old friend [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Ratchet]], and ordered [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] and First Aid to attempt a full-body spark transplant. It went successfully, and gave Ratchet a combiner upgrade that allowed First Aid to be relieved from Defensor. {{storylink|Ratchet (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Customization class Generation 2 Ratchet's bio}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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In [[2012]] First Aid travelled to a devastated Earth with Optimus Prime and a group of other Autobots to confront Megatron. After fighting his way through Megatron's lobotomised [[zombie]] army, the medic attended to [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and injected him with an anti-toxin that would hopefully regress the [[Scraplet]] infection the captive [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] had been infected with. When he was sufficiently recovered, Kup took First Aid's gun and used it to kill Ratchet, in turn killing Megatron through the link he and the doctor shared. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} In the aftermath, First Aid delivered a casualty report to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

Following the foiling of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s [[Gene Key]] scheme, First Aid sat in on a meeting of Autobot high command to discuss the lingering after-effects on Cybertronian society of the Decepticon warmonger's plan. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} This was soon followed by an attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons, which was put down by a team of Autobots led by Blaster; in the aftermath, First Aid tended [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s wounds. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}}

First Aid was on hand to help treat the wounded after [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Warworld]] attacked Cybertron, and was seen carrying such an unfortunate on a stretcher with help from [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Soon after, when [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his [[Primum Fugae]] caused havoc, First Aid repaired [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s injuries. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

===The Special Teams===
Optimus Prime assigned First Aid and the other Protectobots to defend the [[Pullen Power Plant]], where they combined into Defensor to battle [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Thankfully, [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] arrived to even the odds, and ultimately the Decepticons were repelled. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
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Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s resurrection, First Aid and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] bugged him to come in for a full checkup, which [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] believed was just their way of saying that it was good to have the Autobot leader back. The checkup was interrupted by an alarm, which First Aid announced indicated a Decepticon attack. He took part in the effort to repel [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s forces, only for them to retreat on their own, when Prime realised it was just a diversion while Galvatron attacked the Energon plant. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
[[File:Decoycomic firstaid.jpg|left|thumb|The first, but not the last time First Aid would resemble Ratchet.]]
When the Decepticons stole the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], <s>Ratchet</s> First Aid built an army of Autobot [[decoy]]s to distract the Decepticons while the real Autobots attempted to retrieve their missing artifact. {{storylink|Start Your Own Decoy Collection}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Firstaid-warwithin.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|In his younger years, First Aid wore a stylish hoodie.]] 
Following the disappearance of Optimus Prime and Megatron in a [[space bridge]] accident, the Autobots and Decepticons splintered into multiple separate factions. In compliance with the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]], First Aid and the other Protectobots declared themselves unaligned to any of the groups, and elected to continue operating as an independent team, rather than go their separate ways. When word reached them that the Constructicons had broken the accord by siding with the [[Ultracon]]s, however, First Aid and his comrades knew that they had to take a stand themselves, and decided to aid the [[Wreckers]] in battle against the Decepticon giant. {{storylink|Escalation}} When Defensor began prioritizing Devastator's destruction over preventing collateral damage, Wreckers leader Springer had to talk the Protectobots into separating, after which they were able to use their individual smarts to bring the Constructicon combiner down: First Aid had Hot Spot lift him up on his ladder so he could plug a power cable into a port on Devastator's body, overloading Devastator and forcing him to separate. In the battle's aftermath, First Aid thanked Springer for talking them down, realizing they still had a lot to learn about their combined self. {{storylink|Devastation}} The team subsequently returned to their home base to analyze what had gone wrong with their combination, though First Aid had to convince Hot Spot to let it go when he started to become obsessive. But just as the Protectobots were preparing to take some downtime, they were attacked by the [[Chaos Trinity]], who kidnapped Hot Spot for use in [[The Fallen]]'s scheme. In the scuffle, First Aid was taken out by teammate Streetwise, who had been hypnotized by Mindwipe. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}}

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Roughly 6.5 million years later, the Protectobots battled Menasor as Defensor when the Stunticons escaped from a penal facility... and lost, big time. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Soon after, the team aided in the Autobot insurrection against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s rule of Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} After the Autobots regained power, First Aid and the Protectobots searched Shockwave's clone lab, finding [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] barely alive, having been attacked by [[Sunstorm (G1)|an unknown assailant]]. First Aid was seen administering medical help to the heavily damaged [[Battlecharger]]s. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Jazz]]; [[Bullets]] (modern era, text); [[Life After the Big Bang|''Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye'' #4]] (on panel)

First Aid was born [[Reproduction#2005 IDW continuity|forged]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

In the early days of the war, First Aid was part of an extraction team who located the damaged pair of [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] following their skirmish with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. He performed initial repairs on both of them, bringing Tracks back online. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}} About four million years ago, he was seen chatting with his comrades [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] during a victory celebration. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

[[File:MTMTE4 a passing interest.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Well, a doctor cures people. A medic just makes them more comfortable.. while they die.]]
First Aid was eventually assigned to [[Delphi]], an Autobot emergency medical facility on [[Messatine]]. Like any emergency room, Delphi experienced brief flurries of activity followed by long cycles of nothing but routine patient care and waiting for the next disaster. While passing the time First Aid became an avid subscriber to ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'', the adventures of the Autobots' most elite strike team compiled by their unofficial biographer, [[Ironfist (G1)|Fisitron]]. He often found himself reading (and re-reading) [[Pova|Datalog 113: Showdown at Pova]] whenever his work lagged. Five years into his tour at Delphi, while attending a medical conference on the [[Kimia Facility]], First Aid had his own brush with the Wreckers when their leader [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]] approached him with a rather unique request. Springer had a mole deep within the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] known only as [[Dominus Ambus|Agent 113]], who had a highly unusual means of delivering messages to his Autobot contacts: In battle, he would ''shoot'' a fellow Autobot with pinpoint accuracy through the right "eye" of their faction symbol with a bullet containing a data-chip with his report inside. First Aid was one of several medics secretly recruited by Springer to always be on the lookout for Agent 113's calling card. First Aid eagerly accepted the "secret mission" and checked over the insignia of every patient that came through his emergency room doors from then on. Not the subtlest of Autobots, First Aid developed a reputation for being fixated on insignias, and was even referred to Autobot psycho-analyst [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], who diagnosed him with "obsessive compulsive tendencies" that forced First Aid's boss [[Ambulon]] to demote him to nurse. But First Aid's attention to his secret duty paid off: one night after the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], when he was giving the once over to [[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]]'s recon team after a skirmish with the DJD, First Aid finally discovered one of Agent 113's bullets. The encoded information he delivered to Springer led to the Wreckers' ill-fated mission on [[Garrus-9]]. {{storylink|Bullets}} 

[[File:first-aid-jumpstart.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3|"Have you any idea how many [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]]s I had to buy to make these jump leads?" "Yes honey,four..." "it was worth it...Now I can finally say 'Say hello to my little friend!'"]]
When the [[Red Rust]] virus broke out in Delphi, First Aid, Ambulon, and [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]]'s efforts to treat it seemed to be in vain, forcing First Aid to call for help by transmitting the facility's patient survival statistics through the [[unspace|subspace]] network once used to distribute the ''Wreckers: Declassified'' datalogs. This attracted the attention of [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]], who brought [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] and [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] to Delphi where First Aid told them about the outbreak. Using "jump-starting", a new method of [[spark]] resuscitation he had invented himself, he later used his own spark to revitalize a comatose [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] just in time to save the others from a pair of [[Genericon]]s believed to have spread the virus. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} After Fortress Maximus killed the Genericons, it was discovered that Pharma was the culprit behind the virus, a fact that First Aid had long suspected. In the chaos that followed, First Aid took charge to save the patients around him. [[File:MTMTE5 firstaid takes charge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|OBJECTION!!!!!]] After Pharma was defeated and Ratchet used the villain's vaccine to cure Delphi of its virus, First Aid returned to the ''[[Lost Light]]'' with Ratchet. Ratchet promised to promote the nurse to Chief Medical Officer in place of himself after witnessing his actions. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}} To First Aid's silent annoyance, however, Ratchet showed no signs of relinquishing the title any time soon, leaving him Chief Medical Officer-in-training. {{storylink|Little Victories}}

While visiting the [[Swerve's|ship's bar]], First Aid was asked by Ambulon to keep his fellow medic's embarrassing alt-mode a secret, though the request was in vain as [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] promptly triggered Ambulon's transformation anyway. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}} First Aid was repairing a dismembered [[Dipstick]] when he and much of the crew were frozen in place by one of [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]]'s experimental weapons. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} After Fortress Maximus went on a small shooting spree inside the Lost Light, First Aid helped Ratchet treat the victims. He failed to notice the pattern Ratchet saw in them: they all resembled [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Interiors}} That escapade concluded with Swerve accidentally shooting Rung in the head; First Aid, Ambulon, and Ratchet were instrumental in saving Rung's life {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} and First Aid took the lead on his aftercare, helping him re-learn how to distinguish people from their surroundings. {{storylink|Signal to Noise}}

First Aid was among the crew members that had been shrunken by Brainstorm's mass-displacement cannon and sent to destroy some [[Nanocon]]s inside [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] that had been mysteriously revived. First Aid was resized after the Nanocons were destroyed and attended [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'s Autobot Initiation Ceremony and asked [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] what he had graffitied inside Ultra Magnus' body but the ceremony began before Whirl could make a full answer. First Aid then told [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] that Ambulon was handling some offline crew members that had suddenly came back to life. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} After the situation was handled, First Aid joined a few Autobots for movie night in [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]]'s hab-suite where they watched "[[Proteus's Promise]]". {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

[[File:Patternism-FirstAid.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Hey honey! Sorry, but some guy got his head cut off at work today, so I'm gonna need to stay late.]]
When someone tried to kill [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], First Aid and Ambulon went to work fixing him up. In the process, First Aid discovered the truth, {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} that Red Alert's injuries were self-inflicted, though [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] didn't take the news well. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

Following the return of the ''[[Leading Light]]'' from [[Temptoria]], First Aid tended to the rapidly-fading Rewind and talked [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] into giving the small Autobot a jumpstart. Unfortunately he had to break the news that it hadn't worked. As it turned out, Whirl also had a compatible [[spark]], and First Aid successfully carried out the procedure with him. {{storylink|Before & After}} First Aid later helped Tailgate throw an "alt mode party" in an attempt to get Rung to transform, and appeared in one of Rewind's documentaries to explain how the ''[[Vis Vitalis]]'' worked. {{storylink|Little Victories}} When Overlord was let loose on the ''Lost Light'' and stabbed Ultra Magnus through the spark, First Aid rushed to his aid but sadly recognized the injury to be fatal. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}}

When Ultra Magnus's body got up and floated away under mysterious circumstances, First Aid gathered with the rest of the crew to gawp at a huge portal the ''Lost Light'' had followed Magnus's trail to. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} After the ship went through the portal, First Aid and Ambulon were in the medbay when the [[Legislator]]s invaded the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} Alas, the ship was soon overrun, and both 'bots found themselves teleported to Pharma's new lab on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. First Aid had to witness Ambulon being horrifically sawn in half, ''lengthwise'' as part of a twisted competition between Ratchet and Pharma. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} When Ratchet refused the younger medic's help, First Aid was infuriated by his attitude and accused him of being unable to let go of his reputation as "best medic" out of a belief that no one else could ever match his expertise. While Ratchet then revealed that the reason he couldn't help was that Ambulon was already dead, he saw the truth in First Aid's words and promised to officially hand over the title of Chief Medical Officer once they'd caught Pharma. First Aid, however, saw no reason to show the corrupt medic any mercy. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

[[File:ThisCalamitousLife-FirstAid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Not amused]]
First Aid was soon able to confront Pharma, and was enraged that rather than show remorse for his murders of patients or Ambulon, the rogue medic was ''amused'' by what he'd done. When he went so far as to laugh at Ambulon's death, the younger medic snapped and executed him on the spot, then realized what he'd done and broke down. He was comforted by Rung, but on returning to the ''Lost Light'' he shut himself in and refused to talk to anyone. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}} The crew eventually convinced him to come out and perform an autopsy on a the corpse of a mysterious ''second'' Rodimus, hoping some work would help rehabilitate him. First Aid deduced from the body's [[innermost energon]] that it was an alternate Rodimus and not some kind of copy. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}}

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As it transpired, the second Rodimus was a quantum duplicate, which began the slow quantum erasure of the ''Lost Light'' and its crew. First Aid abandoned ship, but soon, his shuttle disappeared around him, as did crewmates [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] and [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]]—only [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and First Aid were left, floating in space, because they weren't members of the ship's original crew. Once the situation had been put to rights, everyone reappeared, and First Aid's group set down on the planet [[Ofsted XVII]] for a momentary breather. First Aid went off to explore the area, and found a gravely-wounded Transformer of unclear affiliation in a nearby lecture theatre. A quick examination proved he was a Decepticon, but First Aid kept this fact from his crewmates as he called upon them to donate some of their [[innermost energon]] to help the 'bot survive. Recognizing the 'bots true allegiance, Mainframe and Bluestreak refused; Trailcutter agreed, but just as he was about to start the process, First Aid recognized the mantra the delirious patient was chanting as the motto of the Decepticon Justice Division. Refusing to heal one of ''those'' monsters under any circumstances, First Aid tried to talk Trailcutter out of helping him, to no avail—and unfortunately, First Aid's fears proved true as the 'bot, [[Vos (G1)|Vos]], attacked Trailcutter as soon as he had been re-powered. While Trailcutter protected himself with his forcefield, First Aid sped off to get the others, but when they returned, they were horrified to discover that Trailcutter had trapped a second, hidden DJD member, [[Kaon (G1)|Kaon]], inside his field with him, who had torn him to pieces. {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}} The remaining trio tried to escape in their shuttle, but it was blown up before it could take off as a parting gesture from the DJD. Fortunately, First Aid and his friends survived. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}}

[[File:OurStepsWillAlwaysRhyme FirstAidContactInfo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|right|Whoo-hoo, promotion!]]
After Ratchet had several crewmembers tested for "super-[[scraplet]]s", First Aid recognized it as a complete fabrication and an excuse for the senior doctor to talk to his friends in private. As it turned out, Ratchet had been tying up some loose ends before leaving the ''Lost Light'': when First Aid next came to see him, all he found was a method of contacting him and a note officially promoting First Aid to Chief Medical Officer. {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}} 

When the ''Lost Light'' met with the ''[[Vis Vitalis]]'' for a pre-wake party for the near-death [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], First Aid and [[Minimus Ambus]] met with ''Vis Vitalis'' chief medical officer [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]]. While Velocity showed Minimus the supposed map to [[Cyberutopia]] that Thunderclash had drawn on the wall, First Aid examined Thunderclash. To First Aid's surprise, however, Thunderclash was ''not'' dying of his old war wound, which had miraculously been healed six months prior. As Velocity could not come up with any information about the "passing healer", First Aid opened up Thunderclash's trailer to examine, finding it empty. Then, Thunderclash started manipulating his own systems to make the life sign monitor display a message: "You're all blind, you're all dead". They then heard a knocking coming from his trailer. {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}} First Aid, Minimus, and Velocity came under attack by strange creatures. [[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]] and [[Skystriker (G1)|Skystriker]] arrived in response to the noise only for the creatures to tear Skystriker to shreds. In an act of supreme heroism, Thunderclash himself transformed to hold the creatures off. The group from the medbay then fled with others to the danceroom. There, it was determined that the beasts were [[personality tick]]s, picked up by the [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] crewmembers from [[Marasma]]. They had healed Thunderclash's wound so that they could continue feeding on his charisma and were now visible because their perception-based cloaking was down. Just as all hope seemed lost, the ticks suddenly all died, having overdosed on Rodimus and Megatron's combined charisma. First Aid later attended a party to celebrate the day's successes at [[Swerve's]] aboard the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|The Frail Gaze}}

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Some time later, when [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] was due to return to Cybertron to represent the ''Lost Light'' in the first meeting between Cybertron and Caminus, First Aid chose to come with as his acting doctor, worried about the "visions" his patient had been experiencing. {{storylink|The Possible Light}} As he was accepting a goodbye present from Tailgate and setting Velocity up to take care of things during his absence, a comatose Swerve was brought before First Aid, but he was unable to locate the problem without surgery and the patient was much too weak to survive being opened up. He had to leave before the other crew members solved the mystery, but on learning from Velocity that the injury had been in Swerve's shoulder and seeing an old picture of him with an insignia on that same shoulder, First Aid realized the damage must have be caused by one of Agent 113's data bullets and asked Velocity to retrieve it. {{storylink|The One Where They Go to Earth}} They were accompanied by [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]: their mission to protect Mirage led to Streetwise jokingly dubbing the group the "Protectobots". {{storylink|The Possible Light}}

On arrival, they came with Mirage as he sought out [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], leading to their getting caught up in a [[combiner]] duel between [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] recognized the Protectobots as another potential combiner for his side and, before First Aid could protest that they weren't even a proper team, used the [[Enigma of Combination]] to merge them into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], who bested Devastator soon after coming online. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}} Optimus Prime found it worrying that none of Defensor's components had reverted to their normal forms since becoming a combiner; Prowl noted that it was difficult for combiner teams to stay separate for long. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} Once the whole Caminus mess was over, First Aid and the others managed to separate and left Cybertron to return to the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|The Transgressors}}

Some time later, Red Alert misremembered First Aid queuing to join the crew of the ''Lost Light'' alongside other incongruous characters, such as Ambulon, Ironfist, and [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

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The shuttle eventually caught up with the ''Lost Light'', making a violent (yet smart) crash landing into shuttlebay four. As First Aid crawled out of the shuttle, a security team headed by [[Powerflash]] aimed their weapons at him before [[Getaway]] diffused the tension, offering some evasive statements to explain the ship's radio silence and the change in command before he directed First Aid to take [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] to the med-bay. While there, the two discussed their missing crewmates and possible theories on what had happened before he ran a Spark check, noting the large drop in the total number of Sparks and one behind a large, locked door. Attempting to cut through it, Getaway popped in and merrily unlocked it, revealing the comatose [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]]. After some disturbing gallows humour, First Aid demanded Getaway tell him what had happened to Rodimus and Megatron. Getaway claimed that [[Team Rodimus (G1)|Team Rodimus]] had abandoned ship, believing they could make better progress without the larger crew, before insisting First Aid speak to Hoist about Thunderclash. First Aid found the substitute medic in [["Visages"]] where he caught up with the crew over several overpriced drinks and learned of the many changes aboard ship. 

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His suspicions mounting, First Aid called a meeting for the Protectobots and Mirage in the abandoned [[Swerve's]], noting that twenty-five members of the crew were unaccounted for. As they traded theories and accusations, Mirage and First Aid referenced being asked by Getaway and Atomizer if they would support a mutiny against Megatron, a conversation First Aid confessed to regretting. [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] took that as his cue to enter and revealed the truth behind the mutiny and Thunderclash's condition. Getaway's inner circle then entered and the escapeologist revealed that Thunderclash was in a memory loop. [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] then found the lights, revealing the horrific sight of [[brain module]]s still attached to their spinal columns, pocked with ''teeth-marks'' and suspended in [[engex]]. A running firefight soon broke out as the Protectobots scrambled back to their shuttle to notify [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]. The group managed to board a shuttle before it was struck by a [[proton missile]] and towed in with a tractor beam, after which they were all placed in a memory loop. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 1): Full Circle|Full Circle}} First Aid had a narrow brush with death when Getaway ordered [[Atomizer]] to shoot one of the Protectobots, but was spared when he chose [[Rook (CW)|Rook]] instead. Awakened from his memory loop by Riptide, he and the Protectobots stormed the shuttle bay as Defensor after taking a detour to retrieve [[Ambulon]]'s corpse as a substitute leg for the combiner. However, Defensor was soon cut down and the Protectobots gunned to pieces by Getaway's "new hire", [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]]. First Aid, seemingly the sole surviving Protectobot, only escaped his second brush with death and escaped aboard a shuttle with Thunderclash and Riptide thanks to Atomizer having a change of heart and jumping Star Saber. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

[[File:ADanceBeforeDying ThunderclashRecovered.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0]]
After escaping from the ''Lost Light'', First Aid and the other escapees found a distress signal from [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]], adrift in space, and took him on their shuttle to [[Troja Major]]. There, the motley crew bought [[Wipe-Out's ship|a new ship]] from [[Wipe-Out]], capable of [[quantum generator|quantum jumping]]. Tracking the ''Lost Light'' via hidden homing beacon, First Aid's ragtag group found the ship on [[Mederi]], just in time to save Team Rodimus and the [[Scavengers (G1)|Scavengers]] from hungry [[sparkeater (creature)|sparkeaters]] made from the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s remaining crew. After he and his group explained how they got to Mederi, First Aid brought Rodimus up to speed on the grisly crimes Getaway had committed during his self-appointed tenure as captain. While Rodimus took a team aboard Wipe-Out's ship to reclaim the ''Lost Light'', the rest of the group barricaded themselves in Mederi's Ward Zero to try and cure the crew. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}} Hacking the patient files, First Aid learned of concussive medicine, essentially punching the sparkeaters back to health. After the crew had been brought inside for treatment, the organic telepaths began counting down from 1000, at which a point a massive tear opened in nearby space. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}}

With the ''Lost Light'' reclaimed, the group loaded the crew and the organics aboard but failed to escape the gravity of the rift, emerging in the [[Benzene Cluster]], the region now populated by five duplicates of Cybertron. Exploring the surface of one, the crew was taken prisoner by the [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]]'s forces. When [[Froid]] and [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]] were thrown in, they explained that the Architect sought to use the [[God Gun]] to banish a great threat into another universe. When the Gun fired, it opened a portal through which Megatron's ''[[Last Light (ship)|Last Light]]'' sailed through, {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}} followed by the Cybertron of the [[Functionist Universe]], now transformed into a [[robot mode]] in the likeness of Primus.

As the Architect's and the Functionists' fleets came to blows, Megatron freed most of the prisoners, bringing them aboard the ''Last Light'' where First Aid diagnosed Drift with a [[zero point]]. Though First Aid only asked for a medical bay, Megatron, having gained skills as a medic, quickly healed the Autobot. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}}

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After Rodimus' group reunited with the others, and revealed that Rung was the true Primus, the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] announced that Rung should make duplicates of the Matrix of Leadership to exploit [[Rossum's Trinity]] on the false Primus. Since this plan would kill all the innocents on Cybertron, the group began brainstorming an alternative, First Aid chiming in that exploiting the [[Hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spots]] would be akin to exploiting a nervous system. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} Sacrificially, Rung produced twelve Matrices, one for each hot spot. Given one and escorted by [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]], First Aid was sent to open it at the [[Pious Pools]], managing to do so after being rallied by Rodimus. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark among Embers}}

New Cybertron, as it came to be known, was soon visited by Prowl, who decided to decommission the ''Lost Light'' so its quantum engines could be used to double the planet's energon reserves but allowed the crew the luxury of a victory lap. Before jumping back home, however, the crew decided to recreate the quantum explosion that marked the beginning of their voyage in the hopes that they could once again duplicate themselves, so that their adventures would never end. Although the crew of the ''Lost Light'' would never truly know if their experiment worked, their duplicates did indeed materialize in an alternate universe, eager to continue their adventures. 

In the primary universe, First Aid listened to Ultra Magnus's celebratory toast before the ship was torn apart, later going off with Brainstorm but promising to keep in touch with [[Anode]] and [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]]. Centuries later, First Aid attended Ratchet's funeral with his fellow Protectobots, sadly lamenting how he could have prevented the his friend's fatal spark burnout had he diagnosed it sooner. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
After being injured in a fight while protecting humans, First Aid doubted his effectiveness in combat. [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] tried to cheer him up by insisting on how valuable First Aid was to the Protectobots. Sure enough, First Aid soon had the opportunity to lead the Protectobots in a search for [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s stolen transforming cog. In the aftermath of a battle between [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and Defensor, First Aid remained true to himself by even treating the injured [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|Bad at Fighting? Rescue Team Protectobots, Dispatch!}}

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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
{{note|There are two diffent microcontinuities in ancillary Combiner Wars fiction that involve First Aid. For the one that broadly aligns with the Marvel Generation 2 comic, see [[#PWTG2|above]].}}
First Aid was a neutral medic for a significant portion of the four-million-year war – running his own clinic, he saw to a great number of wounded individuals until the emotional wear got to him. Motivated to end the violence once and for all, he chose to enlist as an Autobot and subsequently became a [[Protectobot (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Protectobot]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot First Aid's bio}}

Upon arriving on Earth,{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot Blades' bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot Streetwise's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot First Aid's bio}} the protection of humanity - not just from Cybertronian threats, but from ''all'' sources of danger {{storylink|Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Protectobot Hot Spot's bio}} - became the Protectobots' highest priority. {{storylink|Medix (G1)#Toys|Customization class Medix bio}}

When [[Rook (CW)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Rook]] graduated from the [[Cybertronian Military Academy]] and joined the Protectobots, he built a complementary relationship with First Aid. The new member's hydraulic claw and heavy armor made him a good fit to rescue wounded Autobots from the front lines, while the once-neutral medic was well-suited to repair them once they'd been taken to safety. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot Rook's bio}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
First Aid was presumably present as part of Defensor during the Battle for [[Sherman Dam]] in [[Primax 096.0 Beta]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Following the example of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], First Aid and the rest of the Protectobots downsized into [[Micromaster]]s in order to conserve fuel on an energy-starved post-[[Great War (G1)|Great War]] Cybertron.

After a break-in into the [[Forever Vaults]] left one of its guards, [[Cop-Tur (G1)|Cop-Tur]], injured but alive, he was placed under the care of First Aid and [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] in [[Micropolis]]. Cop-Tur's condition baffled both doctors, as unbeknownst to them, he had been infected by the [[G-Virus]]: an artificial plague that would replicate the process that had turned [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Either Fixit or First Aid was blasted by [[Galvatron (BW)|their patient]] after he had undergone his transformation. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

===''Combiner Wars'' cartoon===
First Aid was among the Autobot troops who bore witness to a pivotal duel between Optimus Prime and Megatron, one meant to end the war before the never-ending arms race between the two factions spiralled further out of control. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Optimus Prime}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
At some point, First Aid posed in a group photo with many Cybertronians, including [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]. {{storylink|Open Comms}}

==Commercial appearances==
*First Aid and the rest of the Protectobots rushed the Decepticon fortress [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], undaunted by its enormous size. When Trypticon assumed its battle station mode, the Protectobots merged into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] to better fight back. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Defensor and Trypticon|Defensor and Trypticon commercial}}
*First Aid and the Protectobots received a message from Optimus Prime alerting them that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was wreaking havoc in a human city, and that the threat was "bigger than ever." The Protectobots combined into Defensor to better combat the Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During a Decepticon attack on a major human city, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and the Protectobots launched rescue operations. Unfortunately their efforts were hampered by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], who unleashed all manner of sonic attacks on them. {{storylink|To the Rescue}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsFirstAid.jpg|thumb|left|400px]]
First Aid participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character available as reward in the "Defensor Safeguard" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:First-Aid-Earth-Wars.jpg|thumb|300px| The Poor man's Ratchet.]]

Highly empathetic, First Aid really feels for those he treats, and so works tirelessly to repair the seemingly endless damage caused by war.
That laudable character trait makes First Aid slightly reticent in battle - as he hesitates to inflict that kind of pain on others.
But he knows that in the end if the Autobots don't fight - and win - the hurting will never stop for anyone, and so he struggles on. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|First Aid Bio}}

First Aid volunteered to head to Project Nova research site and check its status. He reported that everything was calm, but then he spotted Spectro sneaking through the back door of the facility. Not waiting for backup, he went after him to investigate. [[Reflector (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Reflector]] was running toward him and shoved him aside, and First Aid also proceeded to evacuate when he heard a noise, and his transmission was severed. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Project Supernova}}

With First Aid missing, Optimus gave [[Smokescreen (G1)#Transformers Earth Wars|Smokescreen]], who was also at the research site, the task to find him. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Bit of a Longshot}}

First Aid reestablished commmunications, but he was in circuit shock, leaking lubricants, and exposed to the Nova Core's exotic particles. He harnessed his medi-bots to shield him so he could repair himself faster. Optimus also told him to keep his head low while Smokescreen was in battle with Brake-Neck. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Battle Hardened}}

Fully repaired, he helped in the evacuation and protection of the humans from the site, but couldn't let them out of his sight while Brake-Neck was around. He sent his two medi-bots to secure the Nova Core. As they were making their way back, Reflector yanked it from their grasps and took the core for themselves, but Spyglass accidentally dropped the core into water. First Aid convinced the trio to help him shield the core or else everyone would die. Afterwards, he headed out with Smokescreen. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events| Big Bang!}}

When First Aid arrived, Hot Spot was glad to see another Protectobot on Earth. Ratchet and Wheeljack also affirmed their medical assistance. Just then Wheeljack's unstable plasma caster exploded, which Bumblebee thought was a Decepticon diversion. First Aid told him not to worry and lead him to the lab.

At some point Bumblebee asked about First Aid's red medi-bots. He explained his Shield Drones were Build Bots he found in an abandoned base, and refitted with shielding tech and reprogrammed to prevent Autobots from being hurt in the first place. That said, he resumed Bumblebee's dentist appointment, with Hot Spot next.

First Aid was fixing a part in a struggling patient when Ratchet reminded him he could turn his Energon mixer off before fixing it, but First Aid considered it cruel. They turned their attention to another patient in stasis mode who had sustained beam laser damage and mortar shrapnel. Ratchet stated the vulgar reality of war stripped of pomp and ceremony, but First Aid was optimistic; where there's life, there's hope.

*'''Class:''' Medic
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 2 star
*'''Weapons:''' First Aid uses a medi-gun that shoots out health bombs, instead of one continuous stream. His Medibots both use healing beams and provide 40-45% resistant shields.
*'''Ability: Deploy Medibots''' - Deploys 2 Medibots, each with an ability to shield friendly bots blocking 40/45% of incoming damage.
**'''Cost''': 4 ability points +2 cost increase.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:first-aid First Aid at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
First Aid was the Protectobot medic. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1toy FirstAid.jpg|thumb|“These weapons are, uh, tools for healing! Promise!”|upright=1.67]]
*'''First Aid''' (Protectobot, [[1986]][[1987|–87]], [[1992]])
**''Team ID number'': '''P4'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-75'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Photon pistol]]", "dual-barrelled [[decrystallizer cannon]]", cannon connector

:First Aid transforms into a Datsun Vanette C120 ambulance (distinguishable from the Nissan version by its twin headlamps), model year 1980 or later. As a small, simple toy, there are some significant compromises in the appearance of the vehicle to facilitate transformation, such as the rather visible hinge joints for the front end and the big gap in the back of the ambulance to facilitate his knee joint. In [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], First Aid can be equipped with his large decrystallizer cannon via a connector piece that plugs into the 5mm peg hole on his rear, while in [[robot mode]], he is armed with a small photon pistol. The card instructions for this toy incorrectly show Groove's photon pistol instead of First Aid's weapon. Similarly, Streetwise's connector is shown instead of the connector for First Aid's decrystallizer cannon.

:First Aid combines with his fellow Protectobots to form Defensor, taking the nominal position of left arm. As a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style robot, however, he can form any limb for the robot, and can interact with all other combiner teams built with the same design.

:The initial release of First Aid had a [[die-cast]] metal chest, but like several other 1986 toys, later releases replaced this with red plastic. In 1987, he came packaged with a random Autobot [[Decoy]].

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed as [[Safety]] from the [[Guard City]] giftset in the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|''Operation Combination'' toyline]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/FirstAid/firstaid.htm More information on First Aid at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1toy defensor giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Defensor''' (giftset, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-76'''
**''Accessories:'' Photon pistol, dual-barrelled decrystallizer cannon, cannon connector

:All five Protectobots were made available in many markets as a complete [[giftset]] as well as on individual cards/boxes. It is unknown which versions of the toys are in the multipack, metal parts or plastic.

: In 1988, [[GiG]] also re-released the Defensor set in [[Italy]], with five random "Exogini Transformers" ([[Decoy]]s) added.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Defensor/defensor.htm More information on Defensor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1toy_Classics_FirstAid.JPG|thumb]]
*'''First Aid''' ([[1991]])
**''Accessories:'' "Photon pistol", "dual-barrelled decrystallizer cannon", cannon connector
:First Aid and the other Protectobots were re-released in 1991 as part of the [[Europe]]an-market ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' line.
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-FirstAid.jpg|thumb|They didn't change me much.]]
*'''First Aid''' (Protectobot, unreleased)
**''Team ID number:'' '''P2'''
**''Accessories:'' "Photon pistol", "dual-barrelled decrystallizer cannon", cannon connector
:The Protectobots were to be released as part of the second wave of combiners in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]''. However, this entire wave was ultimately canceled for unknown reasons. First Aid was to be off-white with seafoam-green robot chest, [[Gold Plastic Syndrome|swirly metallic gold]] robot parts and a different rescue/ambulance deco. Vanishingly few samples—less than a dozen—of this item made their way outside [[Hasbro]], including some on-card samples, which give him the unit number "P2".
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:TFU03-toy FirstAid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''First Aid''' (Micromaster Protectobot, [[2004]])
**''Accessories'': Defensor right foot
{{note|The ''Universe'' [[First Aid (Universe)#Universe (2003)|First Aid]] toy was utilized as the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of First Aid.}}

:An [[exclusive]] to Kay-Bee stores, First Aid is mostly-identical to the ''[[The Transformers: Micromaster|Micromaster]]'' version of [[Sireen#Micromaster 2|Sireen]], transforming into an ambulance of undetermined model. The only difference between the two is that First Aid has gray-plastic thighs whereas Sireen has black. He can also form any other part of the combined Defensor robot, but he's extremely awkward at best as anything other than a leg; his normal placement is as the right leg.

:The toy's larger connector socket is approximately 5mm wide, making First Aid compatible with [[Powerlinx]] ports. 

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/MMFirstAid/firstaid.htm More information on First Aid at TFU.info]''
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[Image:BotShots FirstAid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|First Aid? More like [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Ratchet]].]]
*'''Protectobots''' (Multi-pack, 2013?)
**''Number'': '''T0??'''
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}
***''Fist strength'':
***''Blaster strength'': '''487'''
***''Sword strength'':
:A redeco of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Autobot Ratchet]], "Protectobot First Aid" automatically transforms from emergency-response SUV to robot when a sharp impact is applied to his front end. He was to be sold in a five-pack with [[Hot Spot (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot Hot Spot]], [[Blades (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot Blades]], [[Groove (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot Groove]] and [[Streetwise (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot Streetsmart]], but this never saw release.

:Many of his parts originally came from [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Ironhide]] and were also used for [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)#Bot Shots|Super Bot Dirt Boss]], [[Hound (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Blitz Shot Autobot Hound]] and [[Swindle (G1)#Bot Shots|Swindle]].

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===''Kre-O''===
[[FIle:KreO-Toy First Aid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|First Aid superior, Protectobots inferior.]]
*'''Defensor''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, [[2013]])
**''Set number'': '''A4474'''
**''Pieces'': '''85'''
**''Accessories'': Pistol
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

:First Aid comes as part of the Defensor [[Micro-Changer]] combiner set alongside [[Blades (G1)#Kre-O|Blades]], [[Hot Spot (G1)#Kre-O|Hot Spot]], and [[Streetwise (G1)#Kre-O|Streetsmart]], and can be rebuilt from his robot mode into an ambulance. He can also contribute his bricks to form Defensor. His helmet was originally created for [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Soundwave]] (can you tell?) and his gun used to be [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]]'s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/Kre-OFirstAid/firstaid.htm More information on First Aid at TFU.info]''
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===''Transformers'' (2014)===
[[File:ProtectobotsEmergencyResponse-FirstAid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|You better snap this one up, 'cuz they're definitely not gonna make a real First Aid any time... uh...]]
*'''Protectobots Emergency Response''' (Three-pack, [[2014]])
:''[[Transformers (2014 toyline)|Transformers]]'' "Protectobot First Aid" is a minor redeco of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class [[Ratchet (WFC)#Prime|Autobot Ratchet]], with altered paint applications (now predominantly blue) and a lighter shade of gray plastic. He also has a "dramatic head reveal" [[gimmick]], with his [[robot mode]] head being spring-loaded to pop up once his "backpack" is pulled down. He features [[5 mm post|5 mm peg-holes]] for his hands, a pair on his front bumpers/shins, and a pair on his vehicle roof.

:First Aid also comes with a pair of battle blades that can mount/be held via 5mm post, and his hands can be swung down at the wrist to give the appearance of the blades sprouting out of his wrists. The blades can mount into the peg-holes on his front bumper, creating a battle mode, and the blades can store on tabs underneath his vehicle. 

:First Aid is only available in three-pack with [[Streetwise (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Streetsmart]] and [[Groove (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Groove]], which was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in Hasbro's Asian markets, while in the United States, it was officially an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive that was later also stocked by other online retailers such as [[BigBadToyStore]] for a hefty markup.

:This mold was retooled into [[BotCon 2014]] [[Cannonball (G1)#Timelines|Cannonball]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/AKDFirstAid/firstaid.htm More information on 2014 First Aid at TFU.info]''
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===''Combiner Wars''===
{{anchor|Generations}}
[[File:Generationstoy-FirstAid.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|...any time soon. ''Huh.'']]
*'''Protectobot First Aid''' (Deluxe Class, [[2015]])
**'''4 of 5: [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]'''
**Accessories: Axe, double-barrelled gun/fist/foot
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Released as part of the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' subline imprint of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'', First Aid is an extensive retool of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Offroad (CW)#Toys|Decepticon Offroad]]. He transforms into either an {{w|Advanced life support|Advanced Life Support (ALS) vehicle}} that most closely resembles a Terrier LT-79, or a limb for any combiner in the same subline or any ''Unite Warriors'' Voyager class figure or into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs, although he officially forms the right leg of [[Defensor (G1)#Generations|Defensor]]. He has a tab on the roof of his vehicle mode that fits into a slot on his fist/foot accessory, allowing it to serve as a gun. He is the only Deluxe Class Protectobot whose instructions actually show him using the gun in this manner. While the front hood/windshields are needed to be folded as kneecaps for his leg mode, the piece also had a tendency to dislodge if he collides to Hot Spot's (or his redecoes/retools) protruding foot while the legs are being swiveled in his standing position, unless the leg joints are bent down to lessen the problem.

:First Aid comes with a copy of "''Combiner Wars'' #12" (actually [[Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|''The Transformers'' #36]]). In Canada, Latin America, and Europe, the comic is omitted and replaced with a collector card featuring the figure's [[package art]].

:As a part of the third and fourth wave promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s and [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] was given out when purchasing any four Deluxe Class toys from those waves. As such, First Aid was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2015/08/28/transformers-combiner-wars-sticker-sheet-for-wave-3-and-4-figures-300471 Protectobot and Optimus Maximus sticker promotion on TFW2005]</ref>

:The original version of this mold was also used to make [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|TFSS]] [[Ruckus (G1)#Combiner Wars|Grabuge]] and ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Breakdown (WFC)#Unite Warriors 2|Zombie War Breakdown]], and was differently retooled into ''Combiner Wars'' [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#CombinerWars|Ironhide]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#CombinerWars|Trailbreaker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/CWFirstAid/firstaid.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' First Aid at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-UW03-First-Aid.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|So ehm...what is the axe for ?]]
*'''Guardian''' (giftset, [[December 12]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-03'''
**''English name:'' '''Defensor'''
**''Accessories:'' Axe, double-barrelled gun/fist/foot

:Takara's iteration of ''Combiner Wars'' Defensor is sold in a gift set including the five original Protectobots, with Groove (as a new Deluxe-sized mold) included instead of [[Rook (CW)#Toys|Rook]]. First Aid features deco changes that evoke his original toy, such as a triangle symbol and thin red stripe alongside his vehicle mode side and an Autobot insignia on his left foot, and a painted rear window absent on the Hasbro release.

:''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' Guardian was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive, rather than as a regular release. Preorders were open from May 25 to July 6, and it was shipped in December 2015.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Gum===
[[File:G1merch tfgum firstaid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Groove and First Aid''' (1987)
**''Accessories'': Photon pistol, dual-barrelled decrystallizer cannon

:Released in the fourth wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s, this incarnation of First Aid is a snap-together model kit constructed of white, red and black plastic. Available only in a two-pack with Groove (and a stick of gum), First Aid has no paint applications, but features some stickers for decoration. He retains all the features and functionality of his larger toy, and combines with the other ''Transformers Gum'' Protectobots, all available in the same wave, to form Defensor.

::*''[http://bowbowdaijin.blog96.fc2.com/blog-entry-13.html More information on Transformers Gum First Aid at a Japanese fan blog]''
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===G Guardian===
[[File:GGuardian firstaid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''First Aid''' (Candy toy, [[2012]])
**''ID number:'' '''2'''
**''Accessories:'' Photon pistol
:First Aid is a snap-together candy toy model kit produced by Kabaya for their ''[[Gaia Guardian|G Guardian]]'' series, coming in an individual box packed with a stick of (chalky) gum. Made up of red and white plastic with ''lots'' of stickers for detail, he can combine with his five wave-mates to form [[Gaia Guardian]], able to become either an arm or a leg for the super-robot in the style of his Generation 1 figure. Similarly, he can also combine in the traditional manner with ''G Guardian'' Groove, Streetwise & Blades and Kabaya's 2012 ''Transformers Gum'' Hot Spot to form Defensor. ''G Guardian'' [[Heatrock]] and [[Skyfeather]] attach to Defensor to create [[God Guardian]].

:Like most of his ''G Guardian'' teammates, First Aid manages to avoid the [[Partformer|partforming]] that's commonly associated with Kabaya kits, being able to fully transform from robot to ambulance and back without requiring any disassembly.
::*''[http://d.hatena.ne.jp/nagano07/20120420/1334943000 More information on the G Guardian Protectobots at a Japanese blog]''
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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Bruticus and Defensor.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]
*'''Guardian & Bruticus Set''' ([[December]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''71 & 72'''

:Released as part of the tenth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of "[[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]" (with his components [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], First Aid, [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]) and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (with ''his'' components [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#71|Translation of Defensor's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
*First Aid is often characterized broadly in the fandom as a pacifist, but this attribute was only demonstrated in [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]]—his fellow Protectobot [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] was indicated to be the pacifist Protectobot in the original Tech Spec profiles. In First Aid's other appearances, he seems to have little problem fighting his enemies. His [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]] profile attempts to reconcile these characterizations by stating that he agrees with Groove's pacifism but has overcome his reluctance to fight.
*Although the Protectobots in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comics]] are assumed to have been built on Earth (explicitly so in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK comics]]), his advice in "[[Afterdeath!]]" to [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|death]] sounds like words of experience.
*In the Italian dub, First Aid speaks with a cadence resembling an ambulance siren.
*For First Aid's [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW continuity]] debut in [[Life After the Big Bang|''More than Meets the Eye'' #4]], [[Alex Milne]] somewhat merged First Aid's toy and cartoon designs.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=first aid was a lot of fun to design. i was looking over his toy and cartoon models as a base for his look here, but i was also came up with some differences to match his personality for this story. i wanted him to be very slender. i felt he wouldn't be the heavy combat type, but more the thinker. at times he had to look a bit timid due to things which were going on in the story and with his character, so that played into my design. overall i like what i came up with.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20120513124218/http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/mtmte-designs-3764/|name=Alex Milne|site=Full Metal Hero|year=2012|month=05|day=08}}</ref> 

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''First Aid''' (ファーストエイド ''Fāsuto Eido'')
*''French:'' '''Ambulo''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Sirena'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jíjiùyuán''' (急救员, "First Responder")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Primeiro Socorro''' (Portugal Comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Verstak''' (Верстак, "Joiner's Bench"), '''Sanitar''' (Санитар, "Male Nurse")
*''Polish:'' '''Pierwsza Pomoc''' (TM Semic Comic, "First Aid")
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
G2FirstAidArt.jpg|Unused ''Generation 2'' packaging art
File:Dreamwave-The War Within-Blades First Aid-Figueroa.jpg|Dreamwave ''The War Within'' Cybertronian design
File:First Aid-Alex Milne-MtMtE.jpg|IDW robot mode concept art
File:CW First Aid.jpg
File:EW-skin-First Aid-G2.jpg|''Earth Wars'' ''Generation 2''-themed skin
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Autobots]]
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[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]
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[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Lost Light crew]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Autobots]]
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[[Category:Medics]]
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[[Category:Regeneration One Autobots]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]
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[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]
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