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Before the Revolutionary War, military physicians without specialized ophthalmic training provided care for injuries involving the eyes and orbit. With advances in technology and medicine, specialized training programs for ophthalmology were established. In 1896, The American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (AAOO) was founded as a distinct medical association for ophthalmologists and otolaryngologists. In 1979, The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) split from the AAOO, establishing ophthalmology as a separate specialty.
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Pan, A.S., Davies, B.W. (2019). History of Military Ophthalmology. In: Calvano, C., Enzenauer, R., Johnson, A. (eds) Ophthalmology in Military and Civilian Casualty Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14437-1_1
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