ARMY
OVERSEAS CONSULTANT SCHEDULE
Forty-six civilian specialists will participate in the Army Medical Department Overseas Consultant Program in 1950, according to Surgeon General R. W. Bliss. They will include 8 internists, 7 surgeons, 8 neuropsychiatrists, 5 orthopedists, 9 obstetricians, 2 radiologists, 2 ophthalmologists, 2 pathologists, 2 urologists and 1 pediatrician. During the year the European Command will be visited by 16 consultants, the Far East by 18, and the Panama Canal Zone by 12. The Overseas Consultant Program was a World War I innovation which was revived and expanded during and since the second world war. The consultants are selected in cooperation with the Society of Medical Consultants of World War II.During the past year a team of consultants, usually including a physician, a surgeon and a neuropsychiatrist, was sent each month to each of the three theaters. Over 100 civilian specialists went abroad in this program during