In 1966 she was appointed as Assistant Superintendent of District Nurses, the first Black senior nursing officer in Manchester.
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Suzanne Rankin, the Chief Executive, was formerly senior nursing officer with Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service where she served in the first Gulf War.
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In 1982 an integrated service was formed, allowing men to serve as nurses in QARNNS . The first man to join was Senior Nursing Officer Rajendrasen Purusrum, who was commissioned on 1 March 1983.