It's not clear from your post exactly where the patient data are added - in the header or in the document body. Assuming the latter, all you need do is:
1. Open the template for editing
2. Set the page layout options for a 'Different first page'
3. Apply a unique Style name (e.g. 'Patient') to the range containing the patient data
4. Temporarily create a 2nd page
5. Insert a STYLEREF field into the 2nd page header, referencing the 'Patient' Style, plus the Page # field
6. Delete the page break used to create the temporary second page.
7. Save the template

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]