| Description | The Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) works in close coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, the major air command surgeons, the Departments of the Army, Navy and other government agencies to deliver medical service for more than 2.63 million eligible beneficiaries. Beneficiaries include active duty, family members and retirees, during both peacetime and wartime. The AFMS consists of approximately 40,000 officers, enlisted and civilian personnel, plus an additional 20,000 members assigned to the Air Force Reserves and the Air National Guard. The AFMS has an annual budget of approximately $6.9 billion and runs 75 military treatment facilities, including 24 hospitals and medical centers.
AFMS Vision: Provide quality, world-class healthcare and health service support to eligible beneficiaries anywhere in the world at anytime.
AFMS Mission: The AFMS provides seamless health service support to the USAF and combatant commanders. The AFMS assists in sustaining the performance, health and fitness of every Airman. It promotes and advocates for optimizing human performance (sustainment and enhancement) for the warfighters, including the optimal integration of human capabilities with systems. The AFMS operates and manages a worldwide healthcare system capable of responding to a full spectrum of anticipated health requirements and provides an integrated healthcare system from forward deployed locations through definitive care with an emphasis on prevention of illness and injury. It arranges for healthcare capabilities that it does not possess organically. It directly supports USAF operations and theater aeromedical evacuation (AE) of joint and combined forces. |
