Regulations for the medical services of the army, 1932 / War Office.

Date:
1932
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Credit: Regulations for the medical services of the army, 1932 / War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COMPOSITION AND GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF THE MEDICAL SERVICES OF THE ARMY A.—COMPOSITION 1. Personnel.—tThe personnel of the Army Medical Services comprise the following :— (a) Officers late Royal Army Medical Corps, 7.e., major- generals and colonels. (b) Officers late The Army Dental Corps, 7.e., colonels. (c) Officers and other ranks of the Royal Army Medical Corps and The Army Dental Corps. (qd) Members of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service. 2. Administrative officers.—Major-generals and colonels removed from the Royal Army Medical Corps and colonels removed from The Army Dental Corps, who are still on the active list, are nominated by the War Office to fill administrative appointments at home and abroad. 3. R.A.M.C. and A.D. Corps Officers.—Officers of these corps are posted for duty by the War Office to com- mands at home and abroad, their subsequent posting to stations being made by the G.Os.C.-in-C. Certain officers are nominated by the War Office direct to appointments (vide para, 14). 4. Tours of officers abroad.—The lengths of tours of service abroad are governed by King’s Regulations. 5. Pay and promotion.—The rules governing pay and promotion of officers and nurses of the medical services are laid down in King’s Regulations and Royal Warrant for Pay, etc., and of other ranks in King’s Regulations, ‘Royal Warrant for Pay, and Standing Orders, R.A.M.C. and A.D. Corps.