Royal Canadian Medical Service Association

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

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.

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 Units, formations and museums across the CAF are home to numerous historical documents from the First World War, but unique among them is The...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.

Remembrance

A tribute to the thousands of Canadian nurses who have carried out official duties with the military during the Northwest Rebellion, the South African War, the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, the Afghanistan Conflict, and numerous humanitarian...

CONGRATULATIONS

Texte français suit CONGRATULATION TO LCOL ANN ESPENANT. SHE IS HONOURED BY THE DEFENSE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL (USA). LCOL ESPENANT IS THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF 33 FIELD AMBULANCE (HALIFAX). CANFORGEN 130/19 CMP 070/19 061753Z SEP 19 - HONOURS AND AWARDS...

2019/20 Bursary Recipent

Texte français suit Congratulations to Lilly Lamarche of Albert Bridge NS the 2019/20 recipient of the RCMSA Educational Bursary. Lilly is the daughter of Maj Kim Lamarche (NUR) and 2Lt Pat Lamarche (HCA) 35 (Sydney) Field Ambulance and will be attending...

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