4. Other duties of the Chief of the Medical Service of the Wehrmacht will be: _a. In the medical-scientific field_: Uniform measures in the field of health guidance, research and the combating of epidemics, and all medical measures which require a uniform ruling within the Wehrmacht. Evaluation of medical experiences. Medical matters of the recruiting system, of welfare and maintenance and of prisoners of war. The presidency of the Scientific Senate of the Medical Services of the Wehrmacht. _b. In the organization and training system_: Uniform and planned direction of the allocation of persons and material. Unification of the tables of organization and the tables of equipment of the medical troops and the equal provision of the forces with medical personnel.[17] Direction of a uniform development of the medical equipment.[A1] Unification in the sphere of hospital matters, balanced planning, and allocation of hospitals. Direction of the distribution of wounded and sick soldiers to the hospital installations of the Wehrmacht. Direction of the voluntary sick-nursing within the Wehrmacht. Assimilation of the organization and of the training of the new generation of medical officers. Balancing of the proportion according to the requirements of the services. Supervision of the ideological and political training of the new generation of medical officers during the course of their studies in cooperation with the Reich Student Leader. Training and advanced training of medical officers. Direction of a uniform training of the medical subaltern personnel.[A2] _c. In the field of matériel_: Centralized procurement and direction of fresh supplies of medical matériel of all kinds for the Wehrmacht. _d. General and fundamental pharmaceutical matters._ III Special Powers 1. The Chief of the Medical Services of the Wehrmacht is entitled to request from the services all records necessary for the performance of his assignments. 2. He is entitled to express his view on the appointment of medical officers or medical leaders in the Wehrmacht and also in the units of the Waffen SS which are subordinated to the Wehrmacht—if the position is that of a Generalarzt or a higher position. Before filling these positions, his opinion has to be heard. 3. He is entitled to inspect the medical service, the medical units, the medical troops and installations of the Wehrmacht after having informed the high command of the service concerned or the headquarters of the units concerned. He is entitled to give orders on the spot in the field of medical service, if these are necessary for the removal of emergencies and do not disagree with fundamental orders of the services. He has to inform the high commands of the services concerned about the results of the inspections and about the issued orders.