Army Medical College, Abid Majeed Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan was established in 1977 and serves as the medical training university of the Pakistan Armed Forces. It has been certified by the National University of Sciences and Technology. Army Medical College was established in 1977 as a residential institution for selected cadets to obtain undergraduate medical education. The Pakistani army had previously commissioned graduates of civilian medical colleges; these medical personnel were usually conscripted on an emergency basis and did not remain in the army. This resulted in a chronic shortage of doctors in the Pakistani Armed Forces and unbalanced career structure of regular cadre of medical officers of the Army Medical Corps (Pakistan). In 1976, the Government of Pakistan decided to establish the Army Medical College (AMC). The College accepted students into the first MBBS course in 1977. The College was initially affiliated with the Quaid-e-Azam University, but became affiliated with the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in 1998. The Bachelor's degree in Dental Surgery (BDS) was first offered in 1998.