A patient's outpatient surgery is scheduled to begin at 1500 . The patient is to be instructed to register at the outpatient surgery desk two hours before the scheduled time for the surgery
Using traditional time, state the time at which the patient should arrive for registration.
1500 = 3:00 PM
Two hours before 3:00 PM is 1:00 PM
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