Medical corps

A medical corps is generally a military branch or officer corps responsible for medical care for serving military personnel. Such officers are typically military physicians.

List of medical corps

The following organizations are examples:

In the British Armed Forces and Commonwealth of Nations:

• Royal Army Medical Corps, a specialist corps of the Army Medical Services that provides medical care to British Army personnel
• Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, the branch of the Australian Army responsible for providing medical care to Army personnel
• Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps, a corps of the New Zealand Army that is responsible for medical care to Army personnel
• Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps, a corps of the Sri Lanka Army that is responsible for medical care to Army personnel

In the United States military:

• Medical Corps (United States Army), a corps that consists of all physicians of the U.S. Army Medical Department
• Medical Corps (United States Navy), a staff corps of the United States Navy consisting of doctors in a variety of specialties
• United States Air Force Medical Service, a corps that consists of all physicians of the U.S. Air Force Medical Service

In the Indian Armed Forces

• AFMS(Armed Forces Medical Services), known as Army Medical Corps that is responsible for medical care to Indian Armed Forces(Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard) personnel. It is tri-service organization. It provides medical support to the Armed Forces during war as well as comprehensive health care to all service personnel, ex-servicemen and their dependents during peace. Army Medical Corps provides medical aid during natural calamities both at national and international levels. AFMS has a common pool which allows officers to migrate from one service to another depending on the requirement.

In the French Armed Forces:

• Defence Health Service

In the Irish Defence Forces:

• Medical Corps (Ireland)

In the Israel Defense Forces:

• Medical Corps (Israel)

In the Myanmar Armed Forces:

• Myanmar Army Medical Corps

In the Polish Armed Forces:

• Military Health Service, part of the Polish Armed Forces providing a comprehensive full-scale military health service to them

In the Singapore Armed Forces:

• SAF Medical Corps, a tri-service organization part of the Singapore Armed Forces that provides medical support for the Singapore Army, Navy and Air Force.

In the South African National Defence Force:

• South African Military Health Service, a distinct Arm of Service (as opposed to Army, Navy or Air Force), providing a comprehensive full-scale military health service to the South African National Defence Force

In the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation:

• Main Military Medical Directorate

In the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr):

• Zentraler Sanitätsdienst

Dental corps

A dental corps is a specialist military unit, generally including dentists and dedicated to maintaining the dental health of service personnel. Dental corps are therefore a kind of medical corps, and are typically either within the medical corps of their military organization, or closely associated with it.

List of dental corps

• Royal Army Dental Corps, a specialist corps of the British Army Medical Services
• Royal Australian Army Dental Corps
• Royal Canadian Dental Corps
• Royal New Zealand Army Dental Corps
• United States Army Dental Corps, a special branch of the Army Medical Department (United States)
• United States Navy Dental Corps
• Army Dental Corps (India)
• Army Dental Corps (Pakistan)

See also

• Medical Reserve Corps, a civilian program in the United States
• International Medical Corps (IMC), a global humanitarian nonprofit organization
• Medical Cadet Corps, a Seventh-day Adventist organization