CAPT OF WDB OCEANIC FLT BECOMES VERY ILL. FO; SO AND FLT ATTENDANT IN COCKPIT FOR EXPEDITED LNDG.

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APPROX 3 HRS INTO THE FLT (XA30Z); AFTER CAPT HAD EATEN DINNER; HE PUT ON HIS OXYGEN MASK AND STAYED ON IT FOR ABOUT 4 OR 5 MINS. HE REMOVED HIS MASK AND SAID HE WASN'T FEELING WELL AND WAS GOING TO GO TO THE BLUE ROOM AND GET RID OF SOME FOOD. ABOUT 10 MINS LATER FIRST FLT ATTENDANT CAME TO THE COCKPIT AND TOLD US HE WAS SICK AND SHE HAD SUMMONED HIS WIFE WHO WAS ON THE TRIP WITH HIM. WHEN HIS CONDITION WORSENED; FLT ATTENDANT FOUND DOCTOR ON BOARD; AND HE TOLD US CAPT WAS VERY ILL AND ASKED ME IF THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM LNDG THE PLANE WITHOUT HIM. I ASSURED HIM THAT WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM AND SO GAVE HIM THE MEDICAL KIT SO HE COULD GIVE CAPT A SHOT TO EASE HIS PAIN. I TOLD SO TO TAKE L SEAT AND MONITOR THE FLT ENGINEERS PANEL FROM THE L SEAT. HE CONTACTED FLT CTL IN ATLANTA TO LET THEM KNOW OF THE PROBLEM. I ASKED FLT ATTENDANT TO SEE IF ANY OF THE NON-REVENUE PAXS WERE PLTS BUT AFTER CHKING THE CABIN THERE WEREN'T ANY ON BOARD. I TOLD HER THAT WE WOULD NEED A FLT ATTENDANT IN THE SECOND OFFICERS SEAT FOR THE APCH AND LNDG AND SHE VOLUNTEERED. SHE TURNED OVER HER DUTIES IN THE CABIN TO ANOTHER QUALIFIED FAIC AND BRIEFED HER ON THE PROBLEM. WHEN FLT ATTENDANT FINISHED IN THE CABIN SHE CAME TO THE COCKPIT AND SO BRIEFED HER ON THE SO PANEL. I BRIEFED THEM ON THE APCH AND LNDG AND NOTIFIED ZLA THAT WE HAD A VERY ILL CREW MEMBER AND WOULD LIKE THE APCH EXPEDITED AND TO HAVE PARAMEDICS MEET THE AIRPLANE AT THE GATE. THE FLT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND CAPT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY THE PARAMEDICS.