Medical corps
A medical corps is generally a
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, 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:
In the Israel Defense Forces:
In the Myanmar Armed Forces:
In the Bangladesh Armed Forces:
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)
- Army Dental Corps (Bangladesh)
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
- SS in the Nazi Germany
