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Welcome to the Royal Canadian Medical Service Association (RCMSA) Website

The RCMSA is a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting Canada’s military medical services and members – past, present and future.

Although all information on this website is unclassified, some details concerning current Canadian Forces operations, procedures, and equipment capabilities will not be illustrated.

 

After what turned out to be a much more involved process then expected we’re please to finally launch a refreshed and technically updated website. We won’t guarantee everything is 100% but will assure you that as the need for edits are identified they will be...

2024 RCMSA Educational Bursary

The RCMSA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the three recipients of a 2024 RCMSA Educational Bursary

104 Year Old Medic

In February of 2020 RCMS CWO Lucie Alain asked if RCMSA would donate an RCMSA Commemorative Coin that she could present to a 104 year Canadian Medic Cpl (Ret'd) John Pauls during her visit to Winnipeg later in the month. On behalf of the Association CWO Alain was...

A Soldier’s Diary

16 July 2020 - Today we were witness to a historic moment for 2 Fd Amb, the Petawawa Garrison, and the Canadian Armed Forces. Units, formations and museums across the CAF are home to numerous historical documents from the First World War, but unique among them is The...

Field Medicine

LE TEXTE EN FRANÇAIS SUITE   MEDICAL SPECIALIST GROWTH IN THE FIELD By Haifa Al-Aryan, Canadian Forces Health Services Group The Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CFHSG) is continuously making strides to optimize and modernize their ability to support...

Book Review

You may remember Alex Barris. He was a journalist (had the Barris Beat column for the Toronto Star) and he was a panel participant in the old TV series Front Page Challenge, as well as being an actor. Well, his son Ted Barris is also a journalist & has written a...

Canada’s Aviation Medicine Pioneers

Le texte en français suit That according to Peter Allen, a former commercial airline pilot who wrote a paper on the early years of Canadian aviation medicine for the Canadian Aviation Historical Society Journal (CAHS), much of the credit for getting Banting involved...

RCMS Trivia

  The first CFHSTC Honorary Colonel was a member of the British Trans Arctic Expedition in 1968-69   Click here  to learn more   Le premier colonel honoraire du CTSHFC a été membre de l'expédition transarctique britannique en 1968-1969.   Cliquez...

Fingertip Facts

Learn about the evolution of Canada's military medical services.

RCMS/ASSRC Facebook

It’s time for another CFHS #TriviaTuesday! This week’s theme looks back at the Second World War and the role that women played in military medicine. During the First World War, women could volunteer to serve with the Canadian Expeditionary Force as nursing sisters to help treat ill and injured members. Their nickname “Blue Birds” came from their blue uniforms paired with white veils. During the Second World War, in addition to those serving as nursing sisters, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was permitted to recruit 14 women for medical officer positions, one of whom was Jean Flatt Davey. Dr. Davey became the first women physician to receive an officer’s commission and was appointed to the medical branch of the RCAF Women’s Division.By the end of the Second World War, women physicians and nurses were serving in the air force, army and navy medical branches. 👏QUESTION: What year did Dr. Jean Flatt Davey make history and earn her officer’s commission?A.) 1939B.) 1940C.) 1941D.) 1942Comment your answer below and check back in 24 hours to see if you were correct! ... See MoreSee Less
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As we are rapidly approaching the 2024 festive season we are looking for contemporary photos of RCMS members celebrating Christmas, particularly on deployment - send photos to secretariat@royalcdnmedicialsvc.ca ... See MoreSee Less
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