The NIH Call Center receives and facilitates over 300,000 calls per year, as well as other voice and data communications, within these categories of service: general information, critical medical emergencies, paging services, physician/clinical staff scheduling, communicating with NIH fire and rescue, domestic and international connectivity, social work support, voicemail transcriptions and audio teleconferencing. The NIH Call Center performs a vital role for NIH as its communication center, open 24x7, 365 days a year and is staffed with a dedicated group of individuals providing voice and data communications, TTY related services and bi-lingual services.