BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE POLICY DIRECTIVE 41-2
17 MAY 2018
Health Services
MEDICAL SUPPORT
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AFMSA/SG3S
Supersedes: AFPD 41-2, 28 June 2013
Certified by: AF/SG
(Lieutenant General Mark A. Ediger)
Pages: 4
This publication implements Department of Defense Instruction 1322.24, Medical Readiness
Training, Department of Defense Instruction 2310.08E, Medical Program Support for Detainee
Operations, Department of Defense Directive 6010.04, Healthcare for Uniformed Services
Members and Beneficiaries, Department of Defense Instruction 6010.23, Department of Defense
and Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Resource Sharing Program, Department of
Defense Instruction 6015.17, Planning and Acquisition of Military Health Facilities, Department
of Defense Instruction 6015.23, Foreign Military Personnel Care and Uniform Business Offices
in Military Treatment Facilities, Department of Defense Instruction 6025.18, Privacy of
Individually Identifiable Health Information in DoD Health Care Programs, Department of
Defense Instruction 6025.23, Health Care Eligibility Under the Secretarial Designee Program
and Related Special Authorities, Department of Defense Instruction 6040.45, DoD Health
Record Life Cycle Management, Department of Defense Instruction 6430.02, Defense Medical
Materiel Program, Department of Defense Instruction 6490.03, Deployment Health, and
Department of Defense Instruction 8260.04, Military Health System Support to DoD Strategic
Analysis. This Air Force Policy Directive provides policy on the primary functions of medical
support: TRICARE operations and patient administration, medical resources and manpower,
information systems, medical readiness, medical logistics, Department of Defense/Veterans
Affairs resource sharing and other Department of Defense/Veterans Affairs patient care
initiatives, medical facility management and access to care. This publication applies to all
military and civilian Air Force personnel, members of the Air Force Reserve Command and Air
National Guard, and other individuals or organizations as required by binding agreement or
obligation with the Department of the Air Force.
