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Installation Overview --Naval Station Mayport, Florida

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Installation Overview --Naval Station Mayport, Florida

Branch Health Clinic Mayport

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Naval Hospital Jacksonville is a general medical and surgical hospital offering both impatient and outpatient care. The hospital has the Navy's largest Family Practice Training Program. The hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO).

The hospital and branch clinics serve a beneficiary population of more than 200,000 people, of which more than 135,000 reside in north Florida. The hospital and branch clinics are in TRICARE Region Three.

The hospital staff on board NAS Jacksonville provide most of the general specialties including family practice, internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, opthalmology, urology, pediatrics, ear nose and throat, neurology, and orthopedic.

The Branch Dental Clinic is located in Bldg 1363, the same building as the Medical Clinic, and can be reached by calling (904) 270-5351. Dental sick call is held daily from 0730 until 1000. Emergency treatment and routine examinations are given at this time. Appointments are made based on the sick call examination. All dental services are available at Mayport with the exception of orthodontics. The Branch Dental Clinic does not serve family members or retirees.

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