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If you go NROTC or USNA, you're better off getting qualified in a warfare specialty (aviation, submarines, surface warfare [ship driving]) and then applying to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. I had an Academy classmate attend there. He was a Lieutenant Commander; he was discharged, entered the USUHS as an Ensign, was commissioned as a Lieutenant upon graduation, and was promoted to Lieutenant Commander again at the next promotion board. Sort of a weird career path--but promotion and command opportunities for armed forces physicians who hold a warfare or combat arms specialty is much, much better that for someone who has only been a doctor.
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