A medical corps is generally a

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responsible for medical care for serving military personnel. Such officers are typically military physicians.

List of medical corps

The following organizations are examples of medical corps: In the British Armed Forces and Commonwealth of Nations: *

Royal Army Medical Corps The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) was a specialist corps in the British Army which provided medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. On 15 November 2024, the corps was amalgamated with the Royal Army De ...

, a specialist corps of the Army Medical Services that provides medical care to British Army personnel *

Royal Australian Army Medical Corps The Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC) is the branch of the Australian Army responsible for providing medical care to Army personnel. The AAMC was formed in 1902 through the amalgamation of medical units of the various Australian colon ...

, the branch of the Australian Army responsible for providing medical care to Army personnel *

Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps The Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (RNZAMC) is a corps of the New Zealand Army, the land branch of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). The Medical Corps provides for the medical needs of soldiers, such as diagnosing and treating disease ...

, a corps of the New Zealand Army that is responsible for medical care to Army personnel *

Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps The Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (SLAMC) ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද හමුදා වෛද්‍ය බලකාය ''Shri Lanka Yuddha Hamuda Vayidya Balakaya'') is a specialist corps in the Sri Lanka Army which specia ...

, a corps of the Sri Lanka Army that is responsible for medical care to Army personnel In the United States military: *

United States Army Medical Corps The Medical Corps (MC) of the U.S. Army is a staff corps (non-combat specialty branch) of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) consisting of commissioned medical officers – physicians with either an M.D. or a D.O. degree, at least o ...

, a corps that consists of all physicians of the U.S. Army Medical Department *

United States Navy Medical Corps The Medical Corps of the United States Navy is a United States Navy staff corps, staff corps consisting of military physicians in a variety of specialties. It is the senior corps among all staff corps, second in precedence only to Line officer, l ...

, a staff corps of the United States Navy consisting of doctors in a variety of specialties *

United States Air Force Medical Service The United States Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) 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 Force's first Surgeon General, Maj. ...

, a corps that consists of all physicians of the U.S. Air Force Medical Service In the Pakistan Army: *

Pakistan Army Medical Corps The Pakistan Army Medical Corps is a military administrative, combined arms, and the combat support branch of the Pakistan Army, mainly concerns with the military medicine and move of army in the war providing medical and combat support In ...

In the Indian Armed Forces * Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS), known as

Army 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 of med ...

that is responsible for medical care to

Indian Armed Forces The Indian Armed Forces are the armed forces, military forces of the India, Republic of India. It consists of three professional uniformed services: the Indian Army, the Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Force.—— Additionally, the Indian Ar ...

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Air Force An air force in the broadest sense is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army aviati ...

Coast Guard A coast guard or coastguard is a Maritime Security Regimes, maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with cust ...

) 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 A medical corps is generally a military branch or staff corps, officer corps responsible for medical care for serving military personnel. Such officers are typically military physicians. List of medical corps The following organizations are exam ...

In the Israel Defense Forces: *

In the Myanmar Armed Forces: *

Myanmar Army Medical Corps The Myanmar Army Medical Corps (MAMC) is a specialist corps in the Myanmar Army which provides medical services to all Myanmar Army personnel and their families. The MAMC forms the Myanmar Armed Forces' essential military medical services under th ...

In the Bangladesh Armed Forces: *

In the Polish Armed Forces: * Military Health Service, part of the

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providing a comprehensive full-scale military health service to them In the Singapore Armed Forces: *

SAF Medical Corps The Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps (SAF Medical Corps) is the medical corps of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) that provides medical services to the Army, Navy and Air Force. The Medical Corps establishes policies and directs the full imp ...

, a tri-service organization part of the

Singapore Armed Forces The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) are the military of the Republic of Singapore, responsible for protecting and defending the security interests and the sovereignty of the country. A component of the Ministry of Defence (Singapore), Ministry of D ...

that provides medical support for the Singapore Army, Navy and Air Force. In the South African National Defence Force: *

South African Military Health Service The South African Military Health Service is the branch of the South African National Defence Force responsible for medical facilities and the training and deployment of all medical personnel within the force. Though unusual, as most national mili ...

, 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 The Main Military Medical Directorate, () also known as Military Medical Directorate, a successor of Soviet Military Medical Directorate, is the specialist medical corps in the Russian Ministry of defense and it was part of the Soviet Armed For ...

In the German Armed Forces (''Bundeswehr''): *

Zentraler Sanitätsdienst The Joint Medical Service (, ''short form:'' Zentraler Sanitätsdienst, ) is a part of the ''Bundeswehr'', the armed forces of Germany and serves all three armed services (German Army, Army, German Navy, Navy and German Air Force, Air Force, ...

Dental corps

A dental corps is a specialist military unit, generally including

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s 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 The Royal Army Dental Corps (RADC) was a specialist corps in the British Army that provided dental health services to British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace. The corps was awarded the "royal" prefix to become the Royal ...

, a specialist corps of the British Army Medical Services *

Royal Australian Army Dental Corps The Royal Australian Army Dental Corps (RAADC) is a corps within the Australian Army. It was formed on 23 April 1943 during World War II as the Australian Army Dental Corps, before being granted the 'Royal' prefix in 1948. Prior to its formation ...

Royal Canadian Dental Corps The Royal Canadian Dental Corps (RCDC, ) is a personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Most members of RCDC, along with the members of the Royal Canadian Medical Service, are employed in the Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CF ...

* Royal New Zealand Army Dental Corps *

United States Army Dental Corps The Army Medical Department of the U.S. Army (AMEDD), formerly known as the Army Medical Service (AMS), encompasses the Army's six medical Special Branches (or "Corps"). It was established as the "Army Hospital" in July 1775 to coordinate the me ...

, a special branch of the Army Medical Department *

United States Navy Dental Corps The Dental Corps of the United States Navy consists of naval officers with a doctorate in either dental surgery (DDS) or dental medicine (DMD) and who practice dentistry for Sailors and Marines to ensure optimal oral health. The U.S. Navy Den ...

* Army Dental Corps (India) * Army Dental Corps (Pakistan) * Army Dental Corps (Bangladesh)

List of medical corps

Dental corps

List of dental corps

See also