OBJECTIVE To evaluate chief complaints, the prevalence of the oral diseases and the treatments needed in military personnel in comparison to the civilians. MATERIAL AND METHOD The dental records of new patients at Phramongkutklao Hospital from January to December 2003 were reviewed. The retrieved information included demographic status, chief complaint, diagnosis and the treatment needed. Des...

In 1966, both of us came to the Communicable Disease Center (now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC» as newly commissioned officers in the US Public Health Service. We were initiated into the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) and immediately were immersed in the EIS course, which facilitated our metamorphosis from bedside clinicians into enthusiastic, if inexperienced, epidem...

This research surveyed and mapped the juvenile delinquency risk areas in Bangkok, to establish environmental development measures reduce risk. qualitative was conducted Geographic Information System area using surveys of Bangkok Metropolitan Police Divisions 1–9, 36 in-depth interviews with non-commissioned commissioned police officers two official seminars. Finally, results were used develop a...

The Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine is shortly to publish in two volumes the first complete Roll of the Commissioned Medical Officers in the British Army. The first volume consists of a reprint of Johnston's Roll, which has entries for all the officers in the Army Medical Services from the accession of George II (1727) until the formation of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 23 June 1...

The Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine is shortly to publish in two volumes the first complete Roll of the Commissioned Medical Officers in the British Army. The first volume consists of a reprint of Johnston's Roll, which has entries for all the officers in the Army Medical Services from the accession of George II (1727) until the formation of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 23 June 1...

Social knowledge/skill are increasingly critical to the success of U. S. Army officers. In this paper, we describe development and criterion-related validation of an experimental video-based social knowledge test (SKT) that uses an open-ended response format. This SKT, which measures social knowledge required for junior commissioned officers, overcomes important limitations inherent in other ty...

Abstract In the late eighteenth century, like most European fleets, British Royal Navy still employed some foreign officers. This phenomenon, almost completely unexplored, seemingly embodies a contradiction between national and transnational meanings of honour. Using archival printed sources, this article examines presence, or lack thereof, in four distinct categories ‘quarterdeck’ officer: com...