Medical Services in New Zealand and The Pacific
Glossary
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Glossary
| AAMC | Australian Army Medical Corps |
| A & D | Admission and Discharge |
| ADDS | Assistant Director of Dental Services |
| ADH | Assistant Director of Hygiene |
| ADMS | Assistant Director of Medical Services |
| ADS | Advanced Dressing Station |
| AEWS | Army Education and Welfare Service |
| AFHQ | Allied Force Headquarters |
| AFS | American Field Service |
| AIF | Australian Imperial Force |
| AMCU | Anti-malaria Control Unit |
| APD | Assault Personnel, Destroyer |
| ARP | Air Raid Precautions |
| ASC | Army Service Corps |
| AS/MS (flotilla) | Anti-submarine/Mine-sweeping |
| ATS | Anti-tetanus Serum |
| BDS | Beach Dressing Station |
| BEF | British Expeditionary Force |
| BID | Brought in Dead |
| BMA | British Medical Association |
| BTE | British Troops in Egypt |
| CCS | Casualty Clearing Station |
| CD | Contagious Disease |
| CMF | Central Mediterranean Force |
| CO | Commanding Officer |
| CRS | Camp Reception Station |
| DDMS | Deputy Director of Medical Services |
| DDP | Deputy Director of Pathology |
| DDS | Director of Dental Services |
| DGH | Director-General of Health |
| DGMS | Director-General of Medical Services |
| DJAG | Deputy Judge Advocate General |
| DMS | Director of Medical Services |
| DQMG | Deputy Quartermaster-General |
| EENT | Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat |
| EFTS | Elementary Flying Training School |
| EMS | Emergency Medical Service |
| ENT | Ear, Nose and Throat |
| EPIP (tent) | European Privates, Indian Pattern |
| EPS | Emergency Precautions Scheme |
| FDS | Field Dressing Station |
| FSU | Field Surgical Unit |
| FTU | Field Transfusion Unit |
| GHQ | General Headquarters |
| GOC | General Officer Commanding |
| HMT | His Majesty's Troopship (Transport) |
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| HQ | Headquarters |
| HS | Hospital Ship |
| IP (tent) | Indian Pattern |
| IPP (tent) | Indian Pattern, Privates |
| ITW | Initial Training Wing |
| LCI | Landing Craft, Infantry |
| LCM | Landing Craft, Mechanised |
| LCT | Landing Craft, Tank |
| L of C | Line of Communication |
| LST | Landing Ship, Tank |
| MAC | Motor Ambulance Convoy |
| MDS | Main Dressing Station |
| MEF | Middle East Force |
| MI Room | Medical Inspection Room |
| MI Unit | Medical Investigation Unit |
| MO | Medical Officer |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| MSU | Mobile Surgical Unit |
| NAAFI | Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes |
| NCO | Non-commissioned officer |
| NZANS | New Zealand Army Nursing Service |
| NZDC | New Zealand Dental Corps |
| NZEF | New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
| NZEF (IP) | New Zealand Expeditionary Force (in Pacific) |
| NZEF (UK) | New Zealand Expeditionary Force (United Kingdom) |
| NZGH | New Zealand General Hospital |
| NZMC | New Zealand Medical Corps |
| OC | Officer Commanding |
| OCTU | Officer Cadet Training Unit |
| ORA | Operation Room Assistant |
| ORs | Other Ranks |
| OUMC | Otago University Medical Company |
| PA | Prophylactic Ablution |
| PAD | Passive Air Defence |
| PMO | Principal Medical Officer |
| PUO | Pyrexia of Unknown Origin |
| PW | Prisoner of War |
| QM | Quartermaster |
| QMG | Quartermaster-General |
| RAMC | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| RAP | Regimental Aid Post |
| RMO | Regimental Medical Officer |
| RNVR | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| RNZAF | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
| RNZN | Royal New Zealand Navy |
| RNZNR | Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve |
| RNZNVR | Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| RTU | Reinforcement Transit Unit |
| S & W | Sick and Wounded |
| SBA | Sick-berth Attendant |
| SBMO | Senior British Medical Officer |
| SMO | Senior Medical Officer |
| Stalag | Prison Camp, Other Ranks (in Germany) |
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| TAB | Typhoid, Paratyphoid A and B (vaccine) |
| Tb | Tuberculosis |
| USMC | United States Marine Corps |
| VAD | Voluntary Aid Detachment |
| VD | Venereal Disease |
| VDTC | Venereal Disease Treatment Centre |
| WAAC | Women's Army Auxiliary Corps |
| WAAF | Women's Auxiliary Air Force |
| WO | Warrant Officer |
| WRNZNS | Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service |
| WWSA | Women's War Service Auxiliary |
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