AFMC Full Form

The Full form of AFMC is Armed Forces Medical College. AFMC is a medical college managed by the Indian Armed Forces, located in Pune in the state of Maharashtra, India. Armed Forces Medical College is a premier medical institute of India acknowledged as a centre of excellence for education and research in the field of medical. The college primarily imparts training to under-graduate and post-graduate medical and nursing students, dental postgraduates and paramedical staff with assured career prospects in the defence services. The attached hospitals benefit from the expertise as Patient care forms an integral part of its training curriculum available at AFMC. On 1st May 1948, the institute was set up by the recommendations of the BC Roy Committee by the amalgamation of various defence medical organizations and on 4th August 1962, the “Graduate Wing” of AFMC was established to provide a sustainable and steady intake of medical officers for the Indian Armed Forces.