2 trained nurses Thus, any recruitment for the Nursing Services of the Crown involves a net reduction in the total numbers available for the civilian medical services. 5. In these circumstances, I consider that the most that can be done for the Royal Navy, the Army and the R.A.F. is to make good their wastage during the first half of 1945. Although this may well cause difficulties, it is more favourable treatment than is possible for the civilian medical services, where the situation is already serious.