700 days ago - Emergency response times could increase 20 percent in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase area following military reorganization plans that may double the patient load at National Naval Medical Center by 2011, according to Montgomery Fire Chief Tom Carr. Carr’s comments are the latest in a series of questions from Montgomery County leaders about whether the transfer of services from Walter Reed Army Medical Center to the naval hospital will cause a traffic nightmare in the already congested area.