Air Force grads with NZDF staff
New Zealand Defence Force Medics were awarded their Diploma in Military Medicine at the Civic Theatre in Auckland on 8 December 2009.
It was a significant occasion, which recognised the academic efforts of fifty-four Defence Force Medics. Six Air Force personnel celebrated their academic successes with their Navy and Army colleagues.
The Diploma in Military Medicine was also awarded posthumously for Lance Corporal Francis Smart.
This Diploma has since been replaced with the new Graduate Diploma in Health Science, marking a new era of academic achievement for Defence Force Medics.