Most of the WAAMC doctors had been foreigners, and they were gradually withdrawn from the country in the years leading up to independence.

[2] Upon independence, the corps had a military hospital in Kaduna and in Lagos, and a total of less than 100 beds.

[2] Unrest in the lead-up to the Nigerian Civil War in 1966 led to the establishment of a wider Armed Forces Medical Services, which oversaw the expansion of the two hospitals and the development of several more.

When the Nigerian Civil War broke out on 6 July 1967, the corps was expanded further, including the establishment of training facilities.

[6] In 2018, the Nigerian Army announced a restructuring of the medical corps and an overhaul of hospitals.