It provides expert consultative leadership support to 75 military treatment facilities and eleven major commands/direct reporting units to ensure cost-effective, modern, and prevention-based healthcare continuum for 2.1 million beneficiaries worldwide.

The AFMOA directs and supports the clinical currency of 43,131 healthcare professionals providing 6.6 million visits and 133,500 bed days.

Though it originally cared for operational matters under the direction of the AF/SG (Surgeon General) as a field-operating unit, as AFMS duties changed, so did those of the AFMOA.

This in turn led to an increase in AFMOA responsibilities; the Agency expanded to optimizing medical resources, radiation protection, aerospace medicine, and clinical excellence, among other interests.

[4] Implement SG policy, provide expertise needed for policy development, and precise application of resources to requirements Support MAJCOM Surgeons by addressing healthcare resourcing and operations issues pertinent to their missions Provide resources, coordinate best processes, data analysis, and clinical expertise for efficient patient-centered healthcare[3] [5] Air Force Medical Service - AFMOA Homepage