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Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

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  • proper noun The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is the uniformed service of the Public Health Service and organized under the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHS Corps) is one of the seven United States Uniformed Services. The Surgeon General of the United States, a vice admiral, directs the PHS Corps, which provides licensed medical and health sciences professionals to the PHS, DHHS, other United States Uniformed Services and other government agencies.

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  • Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is one of the seven uniformed services in the U.S.

    Those crazy intellectuals 2010

  • Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and an effective representative for the

    Confirmation Statement Of U.S. Surgeon General Before The U.S. Senate Labor And Human Resources Committee 1993

  • US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is charged in federal court with possessing images depicting children as young as 5 or 6 years old being molested and abused

    WN.com - Articles related to S Africa hospitals get army help 2010

  • US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is charged in federal court with possessing images depicting children as young as 5 or 6 years old being molested and abused

    WN.com - Articles related to S Africa hospitals get army help 2010

  • Public Health Service Commissioned Corps - the NOAA Corps uses the same ranking structure as the Navy and Coast Guard but has no enlisted personnel.

    Stars and Stripes 2010

  • Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and Aaron Tate, director of resettlement, Interfaith Ministries, for a roundtable discussion with

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, which provides doctors and nurses to ICE detention centers.

    ajc.com - News 2010

  • Public Health Service Commissioned Corps - the NOAA Corps uses the same ranking structure as the Navy and Coast Guard but has no enlisted personnel.

    Stars and Stripes 2010

  • As head of the 6,000-member Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the surgeon general acts as the government's chief spokesperson to educate the public on health issues, but has little direct role in policy-making.

    unknown title 2009

  • Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, which dispatches doctors to reservations as part of its mission.

    unknown title 2009

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