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from one of the site visits (Appendix E); a description and some statistics on federal programs that support midsize facilities (Appendix F); a summary of the National Science Foundation Workshop on Chemical Instrumentation held April 16-17, 1999 (Appendix G); a personal perspective from a midsize facility user (Appendix H); and the biographies of committee members and staff (Appendix I).