Navy Nurse Corps

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Navy_Nurse_Corps

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	military nursing organization
gptkbp:approvedBy	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Lenah_H._Sutcliffe_Higbee_Award
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:director	Rear Admiral Nancy R. Lacore (as of 2023)
gptkbp:established	1908
gptkbp:firstAfricanAmericanNurse	gptkb:Edith_DeVoe
gptkbp:firstChiefJustice	gptkb:Lenah_Higbee
gptkbp:firstMaleNursesAdmitted	1965
gptkbp:firstSuperintendent	gptkb:Esther_Hasson gptkb:Esther_Voorhees_Hasson
gptkbp:gender	women only until 1965
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Bethesda,_Maryland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Navy Nurse Corps
gptkbp:militaryBranch	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:motto	Caring for America’s Heroes
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Sacred_Twenty
gptkbp:notableEvent	service in World War I service in Afghanistan War service in Gulf War service in Iraq War service in Korean War service in Vietnam War service in World War II
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Barbara_Nichols gptkb:Edith_DeVoe gptkb:Lenah_Higbee
gptkbp:officialWebsite	https://www.navy.com/careers/nurse
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Bureau_of_Medicine_and_Surgery
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:primaryMission	provide nursing care to Navy and Marine Corps personnel and their families
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:Air_Force_Nurse_Corps gptkb:Army_Nurse_Corps gptkb:Public_Health_Service_Nurse_Corps
gptkbp:symbol	Navy Nurse Corps insignia
gptkbp:type	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3