- Surgeon General
Surgeon General can have several different meanings.
In the United States:
*TheSurgeon General of the United States is the head of theU.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the U.S. government.
* ManyU.S. states also have a Surgeon General serving a similar role.
*The medical services of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force are each headed by a Surgeon General:
**Surgeon General of the United States Army
**Surgeon General of the United States Navy
**Surgeon General of the United States Air Force In the United Kingdom:
*The Surgeon-General is the senior medical officer of theBritish Armed Forces ; the post is held by the senior of the three individual service medical directors.In Australia:
*The Surgeon-General is the most senior medical officer of theAustralian Defence Force .ee also
"Surgeon General-equivalents":
*"United Kingdom":
**The British equivalent of the Surgeon General of the United States is the Chief Medical Officer.*"Germany":
**The German equivalent of the Surgeon General of the United States is theInspekteur des Sanitätsdienstes .
**The medical services of the Heer (army),Luftwaffe (air force) and Marine (navy) are headed by:
*** theGeneralarzt des Heeres
*** theGeneralarzt der Luftwaffe
*** theAdmiralarzt der Marine *"Switzerland":
**The Swiss equivalent of the Surgeon General of the United States is theOberfeldarzt der Armee .*"Republic of Ireland":
**TheRepublic of Ireland equivalent of the Surgeon General of the United States is the Chief Medical Officer.
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