On August 1,1979, it was attached to the national Defense Medical Center, cradle of military doctors, which increased its importance as a teaching unit.
目前已在國外重要醫學雜誌發表論文七篇，國內發表七五篇。臨床軍醫的搖籃目前在社會上因醫技精湛、愈人無數，而被稱作「名醫」的醫師中，軍醫或退役軍醫，所佔比例極高。而這些軍醫，絕大多數是由國防醫學院與三軍總醫院訓練出來的。