RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 A UK Military nurse practitioner on Exercise SAIF SAREEA 3: the first Overseas deployment JF BMJ Military Health JO BMJ Mil Health FD British Medical Journal Publishing Group SP 425 OP 428 DO 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001477 VO 166 IS 6 A1 Royal, P M A1 Smith, M B YR 2020 UL http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/166/6/425.abstract AB As the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps celebrates its 70th Anniversary, army nursing continues to advance patient care delivery to new levels. Advanced level nursing practice has moved from the relatively ‘calm’ confines of the NHS to the austere desert of Oman. This article will provide a personal account of the first deployment of a military nurse practitioner since it was formally introduced in 2012 to frontline medicine, leading an armoured prehospital treatment team.