The detractory aspect is the difference in pay, tho.
A physician who completes medical training, completes his residency and is offered an Attending position can make anywhere from $300,000-$400,000 (ER,InternalMed,Radio,FamPrac) or from $700,000-1Million + (General Surgery/Orthopaedics/NeuroSurg)
So,
Naturally a pay in the corp of $80,000 is a huge pay cut as compared to what he/she will be making in private service.
But depends on the individual; depends on their particular area of expertise.
In the private sector, we are in demand for more general medical care; in the Armed Forces--they are in demand of Surgeons, and specialties.
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