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What is the form number of the Hospital Corpsman Manual? - NAVEDTRA 14295B What is the key to service with distinction? - Professional Ethics In what year did Congress mandate that newly commissioned sailing warships contain a sick bay? - 02 March 1799 What was the original name for sick bay? - Cockpit What was the original name for a Hospital Corpsman? - Loblolly Boys Who was the Navy's first Loblolly Boy? - John Wall Who was the first African-American Loblolly Boy? - Joseph Anderson What year did Navy regulations first list Loblolly Boy as an official rate? - 1814 The Hospital Corps became an organized unit of the Navy Medical Department under the provisions of an act of Congress in what year? - 17 June 1898 Who was the first Hospital Corpsman to receive a Medal of Honor? - Robert Stanley In what year was the foundation set for the current rank structure? - 1916