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The initial ranking system used by the PMRAFNS was as follows. PMRAFNS rank Equivalent RAF rank (from 1943) Staff Nurse[4] Sister Flying Officer Senior Sister[5] Flight Lieutenant Matron Squadron Leader Principal Matron[6] Wing Commander Chief Principal Matron[7] Group Captain Matron-in-Chief Air Commodore From 1 June 1943, PMRAFNS personnel were granted emergency Commissions, and wore rank insignia corresponding to their equivalent Royal Air Force officer rank. On 1 February 1949, the women's forces were integrated into the Armed Forces, and a new ranking system was introduced, although professional titles were still used on the wards. PMRAFNS rank Equivalent RAF rank Flying Officer Flying Officer Flight Officer Flight Lieutenant Squadron Officer Squadron Leader Wing Officer Wing Commander Group Officer Group Captain Air Commandant Air Commodore Air Chief Commandant[8] Air Vice-Marshal Other Ranks were introduced in 1956, although unqualified Nursing Orderlies had previously served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and Women's Royal Air Force. They held standard RAF ranks. Officers used the separate ranking system until 1980, when they too adopted RAF ranks. Matrons-in-Chief Joanna Cruickshank, 1918–1930 Katherine Watt, 1930–1938 Dame Emily Blair, 1938–1943 Gladys Taylor, 1943–1948 Air Commandant Dame Helen Cargill, 1948–1952 Air Commandant Dame Roberta Whyte, 1952–1956 Air Commandant Dame Alice Williamson, 1956–1959 Air Commandant Dame Alice Lowrey, 1959–1963 Air Commandant Dame Veronica Ashworth, 1963–1966 Air Commandant Dame Pauline Giles, 1966–1970 Air Commandant Ann McDonald, 1970–1972 Air Commandant Barbara Ducat-Amos, 1972–1978 Air Commodore Joan Metcalfe, 1978–1981 Air Commodore Joy Harris, 1981–1984 Air Commodore April Reed, 1984–1985 Group Captain Mary Shaw, 1985–1988 Group Captain Elizabeth Sandison, 1988–1991 Group Captain Ethnea Hancock, 1991–1994 Air Commodore Valerie Hand, 1994–1997 Air Commodore Bob Williams, 1997–2001[9] Group Captain Annie Reid, 2001–2004[10] Group Captain Wendy Williams, 2004–2006 Group Captain Jackie Gross, 2006–2010 Group Captain Phil Cushen, 2010–2013 Group Captain Phil Spragg, 2013 - Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (PMRAFNS) is the nursing branch of the British Royal Air Force. It was established as the Royal Air Force Temporary Nursing Service (RAFNS) in 1918, and became part of the permanent establishment as the Royal Air Force Nursing Service on 27 January 1921. It received the Royal prefix after Princess Mary agreed to become its Patron in June 1923. It was a women-only branch until 1980, when men were also permitted to join. Until the Second World War, it was only open to unmarried women, or childless widows. There was also a Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (Reserve) (PMRAFNS(R)) to supplement the regular service during times of war or emergencies. Its current mission statement reads: "The Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service is committed to providing a nursing workforce that is determined to develop the skills, knowledge and ability to deliver high quality care whilst being responsive to the dynamic nature of RAF Nursing in peacetime and on operations."[1] A history of the service was commissioned from the writer Mary Mackie and appeared in 2001.[2] An updated and extended edition covering subsequent decades (including service in Afghanistan) was published in September 2014.[3] |
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