As a former hospital corpsman, he knew about such things.

The ship's senior hospital corpsman seemed an unlikely choice as gunman for the group.

"You passed out, Captain," the chief hospital corpsman said.

"That's okay, sir," a hospital corpsman said, scrambling up alongside the chief.

He was serving as a hospital corpsman for the United States Navy.

The colloquial form of address for a Hospital Corpsman is "Doc."

"He wanted to be a hospital corpsman," Petty Officer Kujat said.

A "team" is not required for a ruptured appendix, usually managed by a surgeon and one assistant (another physician, a nurse or a hospital corpsman).

Many of the latter are former enlisted hospital corpsmen, this being the hospital corpsman's route to commissioned status.

He was a hospital corpsman in World War II.