LC control no. | n 81128416 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | United States. Army Medical Department (1968- ) |
Variant(s) | AMEDD United States. Army. Medical Department (1968- ) United States. Army Medical Dept. United States. Department of the Army. Medical Department (1968- ) |
See also | Predecessor: United States. Army Medical Service |
Beginning date | 19680604 |
Special note | Unused subdivision: Orthopaedic Services |
Found in | Army medicine, 1989: p. 1 (Army Medical Department, AMEDD) Wikipedia, Jan. 16, 2015: Army Medical Department (United States) page (Congress provided an Army medical organization only in times of war or emergency until 1818, at which point it created in 1818 a permanent "Medical Department." The Army Organization Act of 1950 renamed the Medical Department the Army Medical Service (AMS). On June 4, 1968 the AMS was renamed the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) |