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The organized military use of women on a
large scale, a 20th-century development.
First, women replaced men in factories, on
farms, and in noncombat tasks during wartime;
they are now found in combat units in many
countries, including the USA, Cuba, the UK,
the USSR, and Israel. The USA has a separate
Women's Army Corps (WAC), established 1948,
which developed from the Women's Army
Auxiliary Corps (WAAC); but in the navy and
air force women are integrated into the
general structure. There are separate nurse
corps for the three services. In Britain
there are separate corps for all three
services: Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC)
created 1949 to take over the functions of
the Auxiliary Territorial Service,
established 1938 - its World War I equivalent
was the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC);
Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) 1917-19
and 1939 onwards, allowed in combat roles on
surface ships from 1990; and the Women's
Royal Air Force (WRAF) established 1918 but
known 1939-48 as the Women's Auxiliary Air
Force (WAAF). There are also nursing
services: Queen Alexandra's Royal Army
Nursing Corps (QARANC) and Naval Nursing
Service, and for the RAF Princess Mary's
Nursing Service.