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The first Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps was Colonel Verena Marie Zeller (1949–1956). Brigadier-General E. Ann Hoefly was appointed chief in 1968. [7] The first two-star general Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps was Major General Barbara Brannon; she was replaced in 2005 by Maj Gen Melissa Rank. In 2008, it was announced that Colonel ...
Pages in category "United States Air Force Nurse Corps officers" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jeannine M. Ryder is a U.S. Air Force major general; commander of the Air Force Medical Agency, Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia; and chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps. The Air Force Medical Agency is responsible for the support and execution of medical readiness programs, expeditionary medical capabilities, and the direct ...
The United States Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) consists of the five distinct medical corps of the Air Force and enlisted medical technicians. The AFMS was created in 1949 after the newly independent Air Force's first Surgeon General , Maj. General Malcolm C. Grow (1887–1960), convinced the United States Army and President Harry S. Truman ...
She is the first Black female on active duty to become a general officer in the United States Air Force Medical Service. [1] Foster also serves as the 19th chief nurse of the Air Force, responsible for establishing policies and maintaining programs for 19,000 active duty, Guard and Reserve nursing personnel. [2]
Vigil-Schimmenti joined the U.S. Air Force in 1958 and was assigned to the Air Force Nurse Corps. From August 1958 until September 1960, she served as an operating room nurse and general duty nurse at the USAF Medical Center Wright-Patterson, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
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In the summer of 1949, Air Force General Order No. 35 established a medical service with the following officer personnel components: Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Veterinary Corps, Medical Service Corps, Air Force Nurse Corps, and Women's Medical Specialist Corps.