PHS commissioned officers and EPA: a natural coalition for environmental quality and public health.

Commissioned officers of the U.S. Public Health Service play a vital role in enabling EPA to achieve its objectives and responsibilities to protect the environment and the health of the country. Of the 220 officers currently (as of April 1990) detailed to EPA, most are in the engineer category. Table III lists, by category, the PHS officers on detail to EPA. Table IV lists the approximate distribution of officers among various geographical assignments at EPA.