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From [[ma:Leonard McCoy|Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy]], to [[ma:Beverly Crusher|Beverly Crusher]], [[ma:Katherine Pulaski|Katherine Pulaski]], [[ma:Julian Bashir|Julian Bashir]], [[ma:USS Voyager|Voyager's]] [[ma:EMH|EMH]] "[[ma:The Doctor|The Doctor]]," and [[ma:Phlox|Phlox]], the [[ma:Chief medical officer|Chief Medical Officer]] is a well-respected and well-represented member of the [[ma:Star Trek|Star Trek]] [[ma:Starship|starship]] crew. In McCoy's and Crusher's cases, to mention only the first two, the CMO has been not only the chief of medical operations on the ship, but also one of the [[ma:Captain|Captain's]] closest, most important and most influential advisors. Of course, we can't all be CMOs, but even those of us just starting out in medical - or those of us playing ACMOs - would seem to have big shoes to fill.

Medical does not have a bridge station, and likely never will, and as such some creativity is required when trying to work with the rest of the ship and crew. [[ma:Sickbay|Sickbay]] is, for medical reasons, usually on its own deck, and is usually isolated from the other departments on the ship. The CMO typically has an office in sickbay, and the [[ma:Turbolift|turbolifts]] typically stop just outside sickbay (or else patients are [[ma:Transporter|transported]] directly to a [[ma:Biobed|biobed]] therein). This does not leave much room for interaction with other characters of the "on-my-way-to-the-office" variety. Not everyone bumps their head or gets a plasma burn, and so the medical officer may find her- or himself SIMming alone, at least while the officer is on duty.

Doctors who serve in Starfleet are generally referred to by their title of "doctor" instead of "sir" or their rank.<ref>[[ma:Doctor|Doctor on Memory Alpha]]</ref>