In 1948, she became the first Black woman in the regular Army Nurse Corps. She later served in Vietnam with the Air Force.

"CRNAs — who earn their advanced degree and certification — are ready to serve, but too often face barriers to practice ...

Categories considered during these promotion boards were: Air Force Reserve Line, Dental Corps, Medical Corps, Nurse Corps, Medical Services Corps, Biomedical Sciences Corps, Chaplains and Line of ...

Starting as an air stewardess, where one had to be a registered nurse at the time, Kinkela then joined the air force and started evacuating soldiers off the battle field. During the Korean War ...

Leftenant-Colon became a flight nurse with the U.S. Air Force. After retiring from the military in 1965 with the rank of ...