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  • March 14, 2022

    Air Force women's history: First commissioned female physician

    On March 14, 1951, Capt. (Dr.) Dorothy Armstrong Elias became the first woman physician sworn into the Air Force and now a part of women's history month.

  • March 2, 2022

    Retired Lt. Col. paved way for military mothers

    For most, becoming a mother is a time for celebration, not discrimination. However, a new policy in 1975 allowed women to continue to serve while pregnant and after giving birth.

  • May 22, 2018

    Retiring Surgeon General saw revolution in expeditionary care

    Air Force Medicine has changed significantly since 1986, when Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger left his family medicine practice in Missouri to join the Air Force. Ediger, the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, retires June 1, after a 32-year career that took him around the world, through numerous postings and

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