[citation needed] In addition to Australia and New Zealand, the College has accredited training hospitals in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.
[citation needed] In 1952, the Australian Society of Anaesthetists, which had been established in 1934 to represent the emerging medical specialty of anaesthesia, was successful in establishing the Faculty of Anaesthetists within the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons to undertake higher professional training in the specialty.
[2] An Acting Board was constituted in June 1953 with Dr. Douglas Renton as Dean and Dr. Harry Daly as Vice-Dean.
By 1992, the Faculty of Anaesthetists had grown to 2100 Fellows and five hundred trainees, and represented Australia's third-largest group of medical specialists.
[citation needed]Fellows of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists are permitted to use the post nominals FANZCA.