The Naval Reserve Medical Program offers qualified college and professional school graduates status as commissioned officers in the Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Nurse Corps and Medical Service Corps of the Naval Reserve.

Opportunities are also available for qualified men and women to enlist as hospital corpsmen or dental technicians in the Naval Reserve.

Medical Corps. Physicians in the Naval Reserve Medical Corps may become involved in unique types of health care such as aviation, field medicine with the Marine Corps, fleet hospitals and hospital ships. Specialty areas most needed are all surgical specialties, anesthesiology and primary care.

Dental Corps. Dentists in the Naval Reserve Dental Corps may serve in well-equipped shore facilities or aboard large ships at sea. They may receive training in emergency care and/or transportation of sick and wounded to support the Marine Corps and mobile construction battalions (Seabees).

Nurse Corps. Assignments in the Naval Reserve Nurse Corps span the complete range of nursing practice including general nursing, clinical areas such as medical, surgical, cardiac, operating room and patient care management. Specialty areas most needed are anesthesia, operating room, medical/surgical and critical care nursing.

Medical Service Corps. These professionals include clinical, scientific and administrative specialists in health care fields other than medicine, dentistry and nursing. Naval Reserve Medical Service Corps specialists work in research, management, direct patient care, environmental support services and administration.

Hospital Corpsmen. Naval Reserve-trained personnel also provide high-level care to service personnel and their families under the supervision of Naval Reserve physicians and nurses. They may work in clinical, medical-surgical or specialty areas and medical administration in medical facilities. Hospital Corpsmen also serve with the Marine Corps, with mobile fleet hospitals or mobile construction battalions (Seabees).

Dental Technicians. Naval Reserve-trained personnel provide assistance to the dental officer in such duties as dental hygiene, dental x-ray and administration. Dental technicians work in locations similar to hospital corpsmen.