A patient support apparatus (20) comprising a frame (26),at least one drop rail (66) coupled to the frame and tiltable relative to the frame (26),a seat section (44) supported by the at least one drop rail (66) for translation along the at least one drop rail,a head section (42) coupled to the frame (26) and coupled to the at least one drop rail (66), raising and lowering of the head section (42) resulting in tilting of the at least one drop rail (66) relative to the frame (26), anda link coupled to the frame (26) and coupled to the seat section (44) to move the seat section along the drop rail (66) as the head section (42) is raised or lowered.
