Earlier, graduates could practice privately after 10 years of military service, but the ceiling was raised in 1981 to retirement age (usually mid-fifties, depending on rank). Is it worth it? "We knew what we were getting into before we enlisted," says one graduate.
有人認為，軍醫所受的專業訓練不遜於一般醫師，但收入卻遠不如後者；以前服役十年就可退役自行開業，民國六十二年起卻規定延長服務年限（上校階級五十四歲退役、中校五十二歲… …）﹘﹘這樣划得來嗎？