Central Medical Services
| Joint Medical Service | |
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| Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr | |
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| Active | 1 October 2000 – present |
| Country |
 Germany
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| Branch | Joint service |
| Role | Military medicine |
| Size | 19,752 personnel (16 December 2016) |
| Anniversaries | 1 October 2000 |
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| Commanders | |
| Inspector of the Joint Medical Service | Generaloberstabsarzt Dr. Michael Tempel (German Army) |
| Stellvertretender Inspekteur des Zentralen Sanitätsdiensts der Bundeswehr | Generalstabsarzt Stephan Schoeps (German Army) |
| Notable commanders |
Ingo Patschke |
The Joint Medical Service (German: Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr) is a part of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany, but explicitly no new branch of arms. Medical personnel of all three branches (Army, Navy and Air Force) were assigned to a centralized authority which was installed to concentrate their capabilities. However these troops remain members of their original branch of arms. Only very specialized medical units (such as medical care for divers and aircraft crews) are not a part of the Joint Medical Service.
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