Naval Health Services: Their Missions, Functions and Roles, and Fundamental Inputs to Capability
By Commander Neil Westphalen, RAN*
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review, 2022, Issue 1, in June 2022.
Introduction
The absence of a comprehensive health doctrine means the ADF’s health services have generally been premised on various misapprehensions and assumptions since the mid-1970s that have rendered them unfit for purpose.[1]
