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Please add the profiles of those who are or were a member of the US Air Force Nurse Corps.
- Please be sure to include a comment about the person's military membership in the About section.
The U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps ensures the health of military personnel and their family members.
Members of the Air Force Nurse Corps come from all aspects of Air Force Medicine and can serve in roles including flight nurse, nurse practitioner or nurse anesthetist.
The first Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps was Colonel Verena Marie Zeller(1949–1956). Brigadier General E Ann Hoefly was appointed chief in 1968. The first two-star general Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps was Major General Barbara Brannon; she was replaced in 2005 by Maj Gen Melissa Rank. In 2008, it was announced that Colonel Kimberly Siniscalchi would be promoted to the rank of Major General and serve as the Chief of the AF Nurse Corps, thereby bypassing the rank of Brigadier General (1-star).
- Verena Marie Seberg (Zeller) (1912-2007) - First Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps (1949-1956)
- Brigadier General E. Ann Hoefly (1919-2003) - chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps, Office of the Surgeon General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.; (US Air Force - Brigadier General E Ann Hoefly Biography; ABC-CLIO - An Encyclopedia of American Women at War: From the Home Front to the Battlefields 2 volumes, by Lisa Tendrich Frank; E Ann Hoefly (1919-2003) by: Mary Raum. pgs. 300-301)
- Kimberly Siniscalchi (US Air Force - Maj General Kimberly A Siniscalchi - Biography)