In the Canadian Forces, a Flight Surgeon is any Medical Officer who has completed the Flight Surgeon's Course at the School of Operational Medicine at DRDC (Defence Research and Development Canada) Toronto. They are awarded their wings upon the completion of the course and are entitled to wear them for the rest of their CF career.
Famous quotes containing the words flight, surgeon and/or wings:
“What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around.”
—Georges Bernanos (1888–1948)
“Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to commend the bone, but to set it, Sir.”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
“And this is the moral—Stick to your sphere,
Or if you insist, as you have a right,
On spreading your wings for a loftier flight,
The moral is—Take care how you light.”
—John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916)