Talk:Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

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If anyone knows why the PHS has a commissioned corps in the first place, please add it to the article. As it currently reads, it's hard to tell why they don't just use civilian civil servants instead of having a group of commissioned officers. Isomorphic 18:44, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

   "provide highly-trained and mobile health professionals who carry out programs to 
   promote the health of the United States, understand and prevent disease and injury, 
   assure safe and effective drugs and medical devices, deliver health services to Federal 
   beneficiaries, and furnish health expertise in time of war or other national or 
   international emergencies."

   Also, the PHS was originally formed in 1798 as a network of marine hospitals to support 
   American seamen. The first Supervising Surgeon (later called Surgeon General) of the 
   Service was appointed in 1871, and he decided to organize the service along military 
   lines, since he wanted to create a mobile cadre of career professionals (at first just 
   physicians, but later the Corps expanded to include other health professionals) and the 
   military was the best blueprint. In 1889, the Commissioned Corps was formalized by law. 
                                     160.39.232.188 02:59, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree that is needed. The NOAA Corps says the reason for them is so that surveyors on the battlefield would not be executed as spies. —Centrx→talk • 20:52, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Veterinary Technician

Would one who holds a Bachelor's degree in Veterinary Technology be eligeble to be in the Corps?

[edit] USPHS vs. PHSCC?

See the note I left on the other talk page. — MrDolomite | Talk 02:15, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

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