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Leonard McCoy and some of his medical staff wearing various
sciences division uniforms in 2266 Epsilon IX lieutenant
Sciences lieutenant on Epsilon IX station, early 2270s  The
sciences division was the corps of officers within Starfleet who
specialized in both scientific and medical research and control
functions on starbases, aboard starships, and at Starfleet
Command. Members of the sciences division specialized in
sensors, research, theoretical and physical laboratory work,
biological studies, and also as technicians, medics, and
surgeons.  Officers who belonged to the sciences division
sometimes wore the division color of a department other than
that in which they specialized. For example, if a science
officer became a department head, they might have worn the
colors of command division, or if they had a dual speciality in
an operations division department, an alternate color might have
be