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Show Nurse Procurement Officer Announces Navy Plan Retirement of Navy nurse corps officers over the pas't several sev-eral months has created a need for additional nurses in the Navy, it was announced today by Lt. Zoe Gilmore, Navy Nurse Procurement Pro-curement officer for this area. According to Mrs. Gilmore, to meet the current needs of the Navy, registered professional nurses may be commissioned as' officers, receive indoctrination at the Naval hospital at St. Albans, L. I., N. Y., and then be sent to duty at the naval hospital of their choice. For exampJe, it Is possible for a nurse to be commissioned com-missioned here and.return to Oak KnoJl Hospital in Oakland for duty. The pay of a new Navy nurse is comparable to civilian salaries. salar-ies. Starting pay and allowances is $338 per month, Mrs. Gilmore said. Other rewards include travel, tra-vel, varied experiences, a chance to futher technical education and the use of modern Navy facilities and equipment, as wejl as the opportunity to serve the country by caring for men of the fleet. Eligible are registered professional profes-sional nurses under 39 years' of age, single or married with no dependents, and citizens of the United States. Mrs. Gilmore desires de-sires to acquaint all nurses with this program. She may be contacted con-tacted at the Office of Naval Officer Offi-cer Procurement, Federal Office Bldg., San Francisco. Information Informa-tion is available also from the local' Navy recruiting office. |