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Royal Air Force Medical Services
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1 April 1918 - Present

(following amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS))
Country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Allegiance HM The Queen
Branch Ensign of the Royal Air Force Royal Air Force
Role Medicine
Garrison/HQ Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM)
part of University Hospital Birmingham
Commanders
Director-General of Medical Services (RAF) Air Vice-Marshal C B Morris
Insignia
RAF Ensign Ensign of the Royal Air Force
Red Cross Emblem Flag of the Red Cross

The Royal Air Force Medical Services is the branch of the Royal Air Force that provides health care at home and on deployed operations to RAF service personnel. Medical officers are the doctors of the RAF and have specialist expertise in aviation medicine to support aircrew and their protective equipment. Medical officers also carry out Aeromedical evacuations, providing vital assistance on search-and-rescue missions or emergency relief flights worldwide.

Director of Medical Services[]

  • 1917 Major-General Richard Cleveland Munday (first medical director-general of the Royal Flying Corps)[1]
  • 7 January 1919 Major-General M H G Fell[2]
  • list incomplete

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The original article can be found at RAF Medical Services and the edit history here.
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