The United States Air Force Medical Service 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
Seal of the Air Force Medical Service
A U.S. Air Force dental technician from the 28th Medical Group cleans a child's teeth at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, March 2023.
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A combat medic is responsible for providing emergency medical treatment at a point of wounding in a combat or training environment, as well as primary care and health protection and evacuation from a
A U.S. Army Medical Corps team at work during the Battle of Normandy
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman providing treatment to a wounded Iraqi soldier during the invasion of Iraq.
Israel Defense Forces field doctors training in Israel
Capsarii depicted tending to injured soldiers on Trajan's Column