About Navy Medicine

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Navy Medicine provides high quality, economical health care to about 700,000 active duty Navy and Marine Corps members, to 2.6 million active duty, retired and family members at a little more than half the national per capita average cost while supporting contingency, humanitarian and joint operations around the world with highly trained, dedicated health care professionals adhering to the principles of Total Quality Leadership.