Surgeon General of the United States Army

Surgeon General of the United States Army

38° 50′ 36″ N 77° 07′ 01″ W / 38.84345, -77.11686

Le Surgeon General of the United States Army est le chef des services de santé de l'US Army. Il est le premier officier de l'Army Medical Department (AMEDD). De par sa fonction, il est l'officier commandant l'U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) aussi bien que de l'AMEDD. Son administration, qui porte le nom d´Office of the Surgeon General (OTSG), se trouve à Falls Church en Virginie. Les services de santé de l'Armée continentale furent créés le 27 juillet 1775. À cette époque, son chef portait le titre de Chief physician and director general (médecin chef et directeur général). L'appellation actuelle remonte au Reorganization Act du 14 avril 1818[1].

Notes et références

  1. Joseph Nathan Kane, More first facts; a record of first happenings, New York, The H. W. Wilson company, 1935. (OCLC 1223058), p. 26.

Bibliographie

  • James Evelyn Pilcher, The surgeon generals of the army of the United States of America, Carlisle, Pa., The Association of military surgeons, 1905. (OCLC 11260461)

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