serviceyears branch commands birth_place allegiance birth_date rank article_title name
1959-1991 ? us * director of the united states navy nurse corps pennsylvania , united states us 1934 rear admiral mary fields hall
 mary fields hall
mary fields hall

mary fields hall was the director of the navy nurse corps from 1987 to 1991 .
she was the first u. s. military nurse to command a hospital .
she became the commanding officer at naval hospital , guantanamo bay , cuba , in july 1983 , and later commanded naval hospital , long beach , california .
