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The author studies the behavior as \(\varepsilon \to 0+\) of the solution \(y(t,\varepsilon)\) of the equation \[ \varepsilon y(t,\varepsilon) + \int_0^t {k(t-s,\varepsilon)\over \sqrt{t-s}} y(s,\varepsilon) ds = f(\sqrt t,\varepsilon), \] where \(k\) and \(f\) are smooth functions such that \(k(t,0) > 0\) for \(t\geq 0\). It is shown that the solution has a uniformly valid asymptotic expansion of the form \[ y(t,\varepsilon)=\varepsilon^{-1}\sum_{n=0}^{N-1} \varepsilon^n (u_n(\sqrt t) + v_n(\sqrt t/\varepsilon)) + O(\varepsilon^{N-1}), \] for \(0\leq t\leq 1\). Problems of this form arise for example in connection with the heat equation \(u_t=u_{xx}\) with boundary conditions \(u(0,t\varepsilon)-\varepsilon u_x(0,t,\varepsilon) = g(t,\varepsilon)\) and \(u(1,t,\varepsilon)=0\).