RAF Medical Services
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| Royal Air Force Medical Services | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1 April 1918 - Present (following amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS)) |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Allegiance | HM The Queen |
| Branch |  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 Aroop Mozumder |
| Insignia | |
| RAF Ensign |  |
| Red Cross Emblem |  |
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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.
List of Director-Generals
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The head of the medical branch is titled the Director-General of Medical Services (RAF); previously, the Director-General of RAF Medical Services.
- Major-General Richard Cleveland Munday (1917–1919); first medical director-general of the Royal Flying Corps[1]
- Major-General M H G Fell (7 January 1919)[2]
- Air Vice-Marshal Frederick Charles Hurrell (1986-1988)
- Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Dhenin (1974–1978)
- Air Vice-Marshal C B Morris
- Air Vice-Marshal Aroop Mozumder
References
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- ↑ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31157/pages/1533
