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Finding Doctors:
After World War II, America demobilized its military. Since the private sector offered physicians better pay, more professional opportunities and superior working conditions than the military, recruiting doctors was difficult. By June 1950, the Army needed an additional 1,729 physicians. War in Korea led to the passage of a doctor draft law, and hundreds of newly commissioned physicians had to be integrated into a rapidly mobilizing military. Even so, the military continued to experience shortages of doctors in some units, which affected the quality and level of medical care available in Korea. |