Navy Medical Service Corps

The Medical Service Corps is a staff corps of the United States Navy, consisting of officers engaged in medical support duties. It includes healthcare scientists and researchers, comprising around 60% of its personnel, and healthcare administrators, comprising the remaining 40%.^[1] Many of the latter are former enlisted hospital corpsmen, this being the hospital corpsman's route to commissioned status. The Medical Service Corps has around 2,600 serving commissioned officers.^[2]

The Navy Medical Service Corps was created on 4 August 1947 by act of the United States Congress. Originally it had four specialist sections: Supply and Administration, Optometry, Allied Sciences, and Pharmacy.^[1]

See also

• Medical Service Corps (U.S. Army)
• Medical Specialist Corps (U.S. Army)
• Biomedical Sciences Corps (U.S. Air Force)
• Medical Service Corps (U.S. Air Force)

References

External links

• Naval Medical Research Center official webpage (on USN official website)
• Medical Service Corps. Navy.com (Health Care Opportunities)

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