Medical insignia.
Doctor Claire Finn and her medical team working to save Bortus' life.
The Medical department was a sub-section within the Science department of the Planetary Union. Medical officers were specialists within the Section section who had attained the title of doctor or nurse.
Because medical officers were also members of the Science section, medical personnel wore the green uniforms that were standard of all science officers but with unique insignia badges. Unlike the insignia badges of non-medical science officers, the insignia of medical officers was a cross made from an atom.
The purview of the Medical section was medicine, life sciences, astronomy, chemistry, biology, exobiology, mathematics, and computer science.[1] Aboard space vessels, medical officers worked in the Sick Bay. The head of a ship's medical department was the Chief Medical Officer, assisted by two additional physicians "with complementary specialties," six nurses, and additional medical technicians and orderlies.[2]
Personnel[]
Chief Medical Officers[]
- Claire Finn: Chief Medical Officer of the USS Orville, beginning September 2419.[3]
Lieutenants[]
- Henry Park: Serves in Sick Bay as a nurse aboard the Orville.[4]
Ensigns[]
Production[]
Space Travel Manual[]
The Space Travel Manual, released by the show in mid-2017, stated:
- With space exploration comes the great unknown, and with it, the risk of injury or disease. Medical Officers aboard The Orville help keep the crew in tip-top shape.[5]
Emblem[]
Uniform[]
Trivia[]
- In September 2420, the Medical wing of the USS Orville requests a DNA specialist for a short-term assignment.[6] It is unclear whether that request was filled or by whom.
References[]
- ↑ Bond, Jeff. The World of the Orville. Titan Books. 2018. Pg. 32.
- ↑ André Bormanis. The Guide to The Orville. Dark Horse Books. Sept. 2024. Pg. 24.
- ↑ Episode 1x01: Old Wounds
- ↑ Episode 1x09: Cupid's Dagger
- ↑ Space Travel Manual
- ↑ Episode 2x03: Home