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The Medical Corps (MC) of the U.S. Army is a staff corps (non-combat specialty branch) of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) consisting of commissioned medical officers – physicians with either an M.D. or a D.O. degree, at least one year of post-graduate clinical training, and a state medical license.
A cropped, poor-quality picture of Colonel Frederick W. Timmerman, Medical Corps, United States Army from the September 1963 (Volume 20, Number 9) issue of the Medical Bulletin of the U.S. Army, Europe, an official publication of the U.S. Army. Source, Digital Archives of the Stimson Memorial Library, United States Army Medical Department ...
The Army Nurse Corps originated in 1901, the Dental Corps began in 1911, the Veterinary Corps in 1916, the Medical Service Corps emerged in 1917 (during WW I the Sanitary Corps was created as a temporary organization to relieve U.S. Army physicians from a variety of duties), [3] and the Army Medical Specialist Corps came into existence in 1947.
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The regimental coat of arms of the Army Medical Department of the United States Army—known as the AMEDD—is an heraldic emblem dating back, with slight variations, to about 1863. Since 1986, it has formed the basis of the AMEDD's distinctive unit insignia : the emblem worn by all AMEDD soldiers on their service uniforms.
This category contains medical doctors who have served as United States Army Medical Corps officers, including those serving in the U.S. Army Medical Department prior to 1908 when Congress made the Corps an official staff officer body.
The lack of trained medical personnel was seen as a major deficiency in the case of war, and the Surgeon General started a campaign to create an enlisted corps of medical attendants that could be trained for field service. Subsequently, the Congress created the United States Army Hospital Corps in 1886. [2] [3]
United States Army Medical Corps; United States Army Nurse Corps This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 07:27 (UTC). Text ...