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Brief History
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Before the Crimean War, doctors were the preserve and responsibility of individual regiments. The shambles of medical care at the Crimea meant that a dedicated Medical Staff Corps was formed. It recruited 'men able to read and write, of regular steady habits and of a kindly disposition. They were supposed to support the regimental and headquarters medical officers.
In 1857 it was entitled the Army Hospital Corps. The officers were formed into a department of their own in 1873. In 1898 the two departments came together as the Royal Army Medical Corps.
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