RAF Medical Services

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

Royal Air Force air component of the British Armed Forces

Components
Royal Air Force RAF Regiment RAF Volunteer Reserve RAF Medical Services Nursing Service (PMRAFNS) Royal Auxiliary Air Force RAF Police
History
History Timeline
Aircraft
List of RAF aircraft
Structure
Air Command No. 1 Group No. 2 Group Joint Force Air Component Headquarters (JFACHQ) No. 22 Group No. 38 Group Stations
Personnel
Officer ranks Other ranks

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 Marshal Sir Geoffrey Dhenin (1974–1978)
Air Marshal Sir Charles Soutar (1978–1981)
Air Vice-Marshal Frederick Charles Hurrell (1986-1988)
Air Vice-Marshal C B Morris
Air Vice-Marshal Aroop Mozumder (2012-2015)

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