ABSTRACT
The medical fitness of the candidates selected for officers' training institutes of three wings of Armed Forces is assessed by special medical boards(SMBs) and appeal medical boards (AMBs). The candidates declared unfit at AMBs arc given one more chance to prove their medical fitness, if they so desire, at an another board, designated as review medical board (RMB). RMB is sanctioned by DGAFMS based on merit of the case and as per the provisions of para 482 of RMSAF -1983. The venue of RMB is either at AFMC Pune or at Army Hospital (R&R) Delhi. RMB documents for the period from 1993-98 were analysed. During this period 338 requests for RMB were received, out of which 173 cases were given sanction (51.69%) for RMB. The average percentage of fitness in RMB among the total requests was 25.73%. There was no significant difference in the percentage of fitness between the RMBs held at AFMC Pune and Army Hospital (R&R) Delhi. Thus the paper goes to prove its usefulnesss to the candidates as well as to services and its fairness.
