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The Hospital Corpsman originated in the times of the Revolutionary War in the Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies of North America of 1775. At that time, the medical section was limited to a surgeon, the surgeon's mate, and an enlisted man. The title of the enlisted man by 1814 was loblolly boy, the predecessor to today's Corpsman. Although a few additions took place during the 1880's, it wasn't until June 17, 1989, that President William McKinley approved a bill to provide the Navy with a professional, well-trained group of individuals to care for the sick and wounded. From that date on, medical sailors have been called Hospital Corpsman.

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