Cmdr. Raymond Bristol was relieved as officer-in-charge (OIC) of Naval Branch Health Clinic (NBHC) Albany by Lt. Cmdr. Kenneth Shaw III in a change of charge ceremony June 15 at Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) Albany.

Bristol, who assumed OIC duties June 2013, previously served as director for administration at Naval Hospital (NH) Beaufort.

"It's through the work of each staff member, each day, that we accomplish our mission of providing safe, high quality, patient-centered care," said Bristol.

Bristol went on to thank his family and NH Jacksonville leadership, as well as commend his staff for being the best Navy Medicine has to offer.

A native of Adel, Georgia, Bristol entered active-duty service in 1984. He served as a general duty corpsman and preventive medicine technician for 14 years, achieving the rank of senior chief hospital corpsman before being commissioned as an ensign in the Medical Service Corps (MSC) in 1998.

As an MSC officer, Bristol has held positions such as patient administration officer at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth; medical division officer and radiation health officer aboard USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75); business operations officer and plans, operations, and medical intelligence (POMI) officer at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth; medical placement officer at Navy Personnel Command; and director for administration at NH Beaufort.

Shaw, a native of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, is NBHC Albany's newest OIC after completing a successful tour as associate director for administration at NH Pensacola.

Shaw acknowledged the exceptionally high standards set by Bristol and vowed to continue to lead NBHC Albany to future success.

"I am honored to be a part of Naval Hospital Jacksonville's team," said Shaw.

NBHC Albany is one of NH Jacksonville's six health care facilities located across Florida and Georgia. Celebrating its 75th Anniversary this year, NH Jacksonville's priority since its founding in 1941 is to heal the nation's heroes and their families. The command is comprised of the Navy's third largest hospital and five branch health clinics across Florida and Georgia. Of its patient population (163,000 active and retired Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, Guardsmen, and their families), almost 85,000 are enrolled with a primary care manager and Medical Home Port team at one of its facilities. To find out more or download the command's mobile app, visit http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/navalhospitaljax/.

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