A medical corps is generally a military branch or officer corps responsible for medical care for serving military personnel. Such officers are typically military physicians.
The following organizations are examples:
In the British Armed Forces and Commonwealth of Nations:
Royal Army Medical Corps, a specialist corps of the Army Medical Services that provides medical care to British Army personnelRoyal Australian Army Medical Corps, the branch of the Australian Army responsible for providing medical care to Army personnelRoyal New Zealand Army Medical Corps, a corps of the New Zealand Army that is responsible for medical care to Army personnelSri Lanka Army Medical Corps, a corps of the Sri Lanka Army that is responsible for medical care to Army personnelIn the United States military:
Medical Corps (United States Army), a corps that consists of all physicians of the U.S. Army Medical DepartmentMedical Corps (United States Navy), a staff corps of the United States Navy consisting of doctors in a variety of specialtiesUnited States Air Force Medical Service, a corps that consists of all physicians of the U.S. Air Force Medical ServiceIn the Indian Armed Forces
AFMS(Armed Forces Medical Services) , known as Army Medical Corps that is responsible for medical care to Indian Armed Forces(Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard) personnel.It is tri-service organization.It provides medical support to the Armed Forces during war as well as comprehensive health care to all service personnel, ex-servicemen and their dependants during peace. Army Medical Corps provides medical aid during natural calamities both at national and international levels.AFMS has a common pool which allows officers to migrate from one service to another depending on the requirement.In the Irish Defence Forces:
Medical Corps (Ireland)In the Israel Defense Forces:
Medical Corps (Israel)In the Myanmar Armed Forces:
Myanmar Army Medical CorpsIn the Polish Armed Forces:
Military Health Service, part of the Polish Armed Forces providing a comprehensive full-scale military health service to themIn the South African National Defence Force:
South African Military Health Service, a distinct Arm of Service (as opposed to Army, Navy or Air Force), providing a comprehensive full-scale military health service to the South African National Defence ForceIn the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation:
Main Military Medical DirectorateIn the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr):
Zentraler SanitätsdienstA dental corps is a specialist military unit, generally including dentists and dedicated to maintaining the dental health of service personnel. Dental corps are therefore a kind of medical corps, and are typically either within the medical corps of their military organization, or closely associated with it.
Royal Army Dental Corps, a specialist corps of the British Army Medical ServicesRoyal Australian Army Dental CorpsRoyal Canadian Dental CorpsRoyal New Zealand Army Dental CorpsUnited States Army Dental Corps, a special branch of the Army Medical Department (United States)United States Navy Dental CorpsArmy Dental Corps (India)Army Dental Corps (Pakistan)