It is the Mission of the LBJ Tropical Medical Center to provide patient-focused, comprehensive, high quality, cost-effective healthcare. The Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center (LBJ) was opened in 1968. It is a regional acute care facility licensed for 150 beds, and located on the island of Tutuila, the main island of the American Samoa group; it serves the entire population of Tutuila, Aunu'u and the Manu'a Islands. LBJ offers a full-range of primary care services and some subspecialty services to the population of American Samoa, which includes approximately 55,519 American Samoan, "Western" (Independent) Samoan, Korean, Chinese, Filipino, American and other population groups. LBJ is a semi-autonomous agency of the American Samoa Government and is funded primarily through Medicaid/Medicare Block Grants, the U.S. Department of Interior funding, and the (local) American Samoa Government appropriations. LBJ provides emergency care, general medical and primary care, acute care, as well as limited specialty department care to the whole population of American Samoa. American Samoa is a U.S. territory and is the only US soil located in the southern hemisphere.