Bangladesh Army gets first female Brigadier General from Army Medical Corps Health Care Management

Bangladesh Army got its first female Brigadier General -- Nazma Begum -- from Army medical Corps (Health Care Management).

Brig Gen Nazma was also the first female field ambulance commander in the history of Bangladesh army, according to a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR).

She was the first female assistant director of medical services and was also the first female contingent commander in the history of United Nations.

She is the only female in world history who commanded a level-2 hospital twice and the only female in the history who was the country senior twice in mission areas.