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RAF Medical Services

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Medical service of the Royal Air Force

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 King
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Medicine
Part of	Headquarters Air Command
Commanders
Head of Royal Air Force Medical Services	Air Commodore Sonia Phythian
Insignia
RAF Ensign
Red Cross Emblem

Military unit

Royal Air Force of theBritish Armed Forces

Components
Royal Air Force Air Command Space Command Royal Air Force Regiment Royal Air Force Reserve Royal Air Force Medical Service Nursing Service (PMRAFNS) Chaplaincy Royal Air Force Police Special Forces Aviation Wing
History and future
History of the Royal Air Force Future of the Royal Air Force
Aircraft
Current aircraft Historic aircraft
Personnel
Air Force Department Uniforms Officer / other rank insignia
Organisation
Structure of the Royal Air Force List of Royal Air Force stations
Auxiliary services
Royal Auxiliary Air Force Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment
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TheRoyal Air Force Medical Services is the branch of theRoyal Air Force that provides health care at home and on deployedoperations toRAF service personnel.Medical officers are thedoctors of the RAF and have specialist expertise inaviation medicine to supportaircrew and their protective equipment. Medical officers also carry outAeromedical evacuations, providing vital assistance onsearch-and-rescue missions oremergency relief flights worldwide.

Personnel and training

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RAF medics who had served onOperation Trenton alongside the United Nations

The Royal Air Force Medical Services employs service members trained only by the RAF, as well as professionals trained by the NHS such as doctors and nurses.

Both officers and aircrew are present within the Medical Services. Roles requiring specialist degrees such as Medical Officers (Doctors), Nursing Officers, and Dental Officers (Dentists), as well as roles not requiring specialists degrees such asMedical Support Officers, are all commissioned, with most (except general Medical Support Officers) attending a 12 week SOIT (specialist entrant and re-entrant) Initial Officer Training commissioning course. General Medical Support Officers are required to attend the regular format, 24 week IOT commissioning course. For all roles further training occurs as necessary following the relevant IOT course.

Medical Service aircrew are required to attend a 10 week recruit basic training course, after which they receive further training within their role.

List of Directors-General

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The head of the medical branch has been titled "Head of the Royal Air Force Medical Services" since 2013. The appointment was previously known as "Director of Medical Services" (1918–1938) and "Director-General Medical of Services (RAF)" (1938–2013).

Directors of Medical Services

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Major-General M H G Fell (1918–1921) (Later Lieutenant-General Sir M H G Fell)
Air Vice-MarshalSir David Munro (1921–1930)
Air Vice-Marshal Sir J McIntyre (1930–1935)
Air Vice-Marshal Sir A W Iredell (1935–1938)

Directors-General of Medical Services (RAF)

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Air Marshal Sir A V J Richardson (1938–1941)
Air Marshal Sir H E Whittingham (1941–1946)
Air Marshal Sir A Grant (1946–1948)
Air MarshalSir P C Livingston (1948–1951)
Air Marshal Sir J Mac Kilpatrick (1951–1957)
Air Marshal Sir P B L Potter (1957–1962)
Air Marshal Sir R Nelson (1962–1967)
Air Marshal Sir G R Gunn (1967–1971)
Air Marshal Sir E Sidey (1971–1974)
Air MarshalSir G Dhenin (1974–1978)^[1]
Air MarshalSir C Soutar (1978–1981)
Air Marshal Sir D Atkinson (1981–1984)
Air Marshal Sir J Donald (1984–1986)
Air Vice-MarshalF C Hurrell (1986–1988)
Air Vice-MarshalN H Mills (1987–1990) (Later Air Marshal Sir N H Mills andSurgeon General)
Air Vice-Marshal J M Brook (1991–1994)
Air Vice-MarshalJ A Baird (1994–1997) (Later Air Marshal Sir J A Baird and Surgeon General)
Air Vice-Marshal C J Sharples (1997–2002)
Air Vice-Marshal W J Pike (2002–2004)
Air Vice-Marshal S R C Dougherty (2004–2008)^[2]
Air Vice-MarshalC P A Evans (2008–2009) (Later Air Marshal C P A Evans and Surgeon General)
Air Vice-Marshal C B Morris (2009–2011)
Air Vice-Marshal A K Mozumder (2011–2013)

Head of Royal Air Force Medical Services

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Air Commodore A C Wilcock (2013–2014)
Air Commodore S C Kilbey (2014–2019)
Air CommodoreM Byford (2019–2020)
Air Commodore D C McLoughlin (2020–2021)
Air Commodore D K R Daborn (2021–2022)^[3]
Air Commodore S Phythian (2022– )^[4]

References

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^"Dhenin, Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey (Howard)".Who's Who. A & C Black. 2016.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U13640.(Subscription orUK public library membership required.)
^"Dougherty, Air Vice-Marshal Simon Robert Charles".Who's Who. A & C Black. 2019.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U58746.(Subscription orUK public library membership required.)
^"RAF Senior Appointments 22 April 2021".raf.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. 22 April 2021. Retrieved26 December 2021.Air Commodore D K R Daborn QHP to be Assistant Chief of Staff Medical, Headquarters Air Command and Head Royal Air Force Medical Services in August 2021 in succession to Air Commodore D C McLoughlin OBE QHS who will attend the Royal College of Defence Studies.
^"Royal Air Force".Royal Air Force. 15 December 2022. Retrieved19 January 2023.