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Army Maj. Gen. Nadja West is sworn in as the Army's first African American surgeon general by then acting Army Secretary Eric Fanning, Dec. 11, 2015. West went on to become the Army's first female African American lieutenant general and the highest-ranking woman to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Army photo by John Martinez

First African American Army Surgeon General

Army Maj. Gen. Nadja West is sworn in as the Army's first African American surgeon general by then acting Army Secretary Eric Fanning, Dec. 11, 2015. West went on to become the Army's first female African American lieutenant general and the highest-ranking woman to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Army photo by John Martinez

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