FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Elcan Patricia F 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/29/2008 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HCA INC/TN [NONE] (Last) (First) (Middle) 3100 WEST END AVENUE 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) NASHVILLE, TN 37203 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 182,549 I Held indirectly through Hercules Holding II, LLC (1) (2) Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 145,677 I Held indirectly through spouse and children (1) (2) Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 17,804,125 I Held indirectly through Frisco, Inc. (1) (3) Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 17,804,125 I Held indirectly through Frisco Partners (1) (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Elcan Patricia F 3100 WEST END AVENUE NASHVILLE, TN 37203	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Natalie Harrison Cline, Attorney-in-Fact		04/29/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Hercules Holding II, LLC holds 91,845,692 shares, or 97.5%, of the common stock of HCA Inc. Hercules Holding II, LLC has issued one unit per share of HCA Inc. that it owns directly. Hercules Holding II, LLC is held by a private investor group, including affiliates of Bain Capital Investors, LLC, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, and affiliates of HCA, Inc. founder Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Jr. The Reporting Person may be deemed to be a member of a group exercising voting and investment control over the shares of common stock of HCA Inc. held by Hercules Holding II, LLC. However, the Reporting Person disclaims membership in any such group and disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein.
(2)	Patricia F. Elcan ("PFE") directly owns 182,549 units of Hercules Holding II, LLC (including 1,056 units that PFE owns individually and 181,493 that she owns jointly with her husband, Charles A. Elcan) and therefore may be deemed to own indirectly the same number of shares of common stock of HCA Inc. by virtue of her membership in Hercules Holding II, LLC. PFE may also be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership in respect of 145,677 units of Hercules Holding II, LLC, through an indirect pecuniary interest in such units held by her husband, Charles A. Elcan, and her children, Lauren C. Elcan, Patricia C. Elcan and Carrington F. Elcan, and therefore may be deemed to own indirectly the same number of shares of common stock of HCA Inc.
(3)	PFE may also be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to 17,804,125 shares of HCA Inc. beneficially owned by Frisco, Inc., by virtue of her position as a director of Frisco, Inc. and with respect to 17,804,125 shares of HCA Inc. beneficially owned by Frisco Partners, by virtue of her position as a partner of Frisco Partners. Frisco Inc. and Frisco Partners each have beneficial ownership of 17,804,125 units of Hercules Holding II, LLC, and therefore may be deemed to own indirectly the same number of shares of common stock of HCA Inc.

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