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United States. Army Medical Department (1968- )

LC control no.n 81128416
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingUnited States. Army Medical Department (1968- )
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Variant(s)AMEDD
United States. Army. Medical Department (1968- )
United States. Army Medical Dept.
United States. Department of the Army. Medical Department (1968- )
See alsoPredecessor: United States. Army Medical Service
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Beginning date19680604
Special noteUnused subdivision: Orthopaedic Services
Found inArmy 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)