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EDITORIAL
Editorial
Maj J P Francis RADC
I could harp-on about change being a constant, but I won’t.
No sooner do we learn to use the new IT, understand the latest iteration of MOSS or grasp who we actually report to, things change. Perhaps we should consider ourselves lucky that the fundamentals underpinning the profession of dentistry change
little – “they break ‘em, we x ‘em”. Similarities to a REME vehicle mechanic abound; we are only separated by an appreciation of sound hygiene and the deleterious effects of 50:50 sugar in a brew.
So if we eschew the need for unnecessary change, why have we altered the appearance and content of the RADC Bulletin after so many years? Those of you who score well on Pop Master or nd yourself wearing loupes more than you used to (driving?) may have amassed a back-catalogue of the green-covered RADC Bulletin. Apart from serving as a record of differing military trends such as diminishing facial hair and increased female domination, the Bulletin has changed very little in 20 years. Yet the RADC has changed almost beyond recognition and doubtless will continue to do so in the years to come.
Aside from the obvious visual difference, the largest change within is the removal of the Regional News section. Instigated when the RADC Group system existed, it re ected an era before tri-Service working or Civilianisation. The Bulletin rightly serves to celebrate the achievements of members, past and present, Regular and Reserve, of the Royal Army Dental Corps and the activities that make them unique. Removing details of our Blue and Civilian colleagues’ achievements in no way diminishes them; without our working in concert with them our futures would be much the less assured. Nonetheless, this publication is an Army one and the job of lling it is ours.
To that end, the annual plea. I have once again been inundated with articles yet I know there is the potential for more, and ones that would add greater variety and colour. We hear reports of sur ng (standing-up and lying-down), wife-carrying, post-graduate successes, tennis, hockey and more...yet none are written about. If you take time away from your normal duties, especially if funding is granted from RHQ, perhaps a paragraph and a couple of (quality) photographs is not too much to ask? Reporting Of cers love to know of those who have gone above and beyond when it comes to annual appraisals. Similarly, have no shame in anonymously volunteering the name of somebody who obviously yearns for
a little limelight. But please feel free to cease submitting photos of aggressively gure-hugging lycra or algae-covered men in Speedos...editing the latter pushed me to the very edge.
So, once again I thank all those who have contributed. I thank those who used spell-check even more and I reserve special appreciation for those who supplied photographs not taken in the dark on the end of a sel e-stick. Please don’t feel obliged to wait until prompted, submissions are taken all year round not just once the clocks go back.
Email: radc.bulletin@gmail.com
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