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Our sample contains all HII regions with measured radio recombination line emission over the extent of the ^13^CO Boston University-Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory Galactic Ring Survey (18&lt;l&lt;55{deg} and |b|&lt;1) and contains ultra compact (UC), compact, and diffuse HII regions. 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