Naval Air Station Whidbey Island | Health Care Info & Resources
Aviation Medicine • Oak Harbor, WA • 1 (Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor on NAS Whidbey Island) locations
Clinic Type
Aviation Medicine
Address
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, WA
Phone
360-257-9500 (Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor Quarterdeck)
NW_LA_NASWI@navy.mil
Opening Hours
Monday–Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. (dental and other clinic hours may vary; after-hours emergency dental care provided by external EDs)
Emergency Care
No on-site emergency services at NHCOH; 911 dispatch will transport to nearest hospital emergency department (WhidbeyHealth or Island Health)
Services Offered
Team
Insurance & Payment
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TRICARE (West Region), TRICARE Family Member Dental Plan
Languages Spoken
FAQs
What services are available at Primary Care clinics?
Primary Care clinics provide patient-centered care to active duty, retirees, and eligible family members who are TRICARE Prime enrollees. These services range from routine visits, health maintenance, minor surgical procedures, pediatric counseling, patient education and services for selected specialty care areas. Urgent and emergent pediatric consultations are available upon direct provider referral. In addition, referrals are also provided for specialty care services not available in the facility.
How can I make an appointment with a Primary Care clinic?
To make an appointment with a Primary Care clinic, call the Puget Sound Military Appointing Center at 800-404-4506, Monday-Friday, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A nurse provider line is available 24 hours a day. Call 800-TRICARE or 800-874-2273, option 1.
What about dental care for active-duty personnel?
The dental clinic provides care to the installation's active-duty community only. Because of demand, routine dental care cannot be provided for non-active-duty beneficiaries. Active-duty members are encouraged to enroll their family members in the TRICARE Family Member Dental Plan.
How to contact the dental clinic for appointments?
Call 360-257-2302 for active-duty routine appointments. Hours: Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. After-hours emergency dental care is provided by WhidbeyHealth or Island Health emergency departments.
Is there an optometry clinic available?
Yes, the optometry clinic provides routine eye exams to active-duty patients. Call the PSMAC at 800-404-4506 to make an appointment. Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lunch closed 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Social Media
What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: negative
- Facebook: 70% recommend (based on 226 reviews) (226 reviews)
- Yelp: 2.5/5 stars (3 reviews)
Patients praise
- Efficiency in administrative processes like Operational Duty Screening and deployment paperwork
- Some patients report high satisfaction with the care they have received
Common complaints
- Difficulty scheduling appointments, including long wait times and dental scheduling issues
- Unresponsive communication (phones not answered, dropped calls, no return calls)
- Reports of rude, unprofessional, or dismissive staff and medical personnel
- Frustration with obtaining referrals for off-site or specialty care
"Most staffs are rude, unprofessional, their secondary patient representative hang up on me without tell me why, and they never pick up their phone, or call back. Their excuses for bad service is oh we are ruining low on people."
— a-better-place.com / usa.beautihost.com"Great place for care. I've never been better taken care of. Operational Duty Screening in particular were really organized and helped me get my deployment paperwork signed off very quickly."
— a-better-place.com / usa.beautihost.comSynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- VA Puget Sound Opens New Community Clinic In Collaboration With Naval Air Station Whidbey Island And Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor | VA Puget Sound Health Care | Veterans Affairs — Aug 20, 2025
- VA opens clinic for veterans at NAS Whidbey | Whidbey News-Times — Aug 22, 2025
- Puget Sound Military Health System Launches Guidebook To Simplify TRICARE Access - TrustedHealthGuides.com — Jun 25, 2026
- Navy concerned about affordable housing, medical care for sailors | Whidbey News-Times — Mar 20, 2026
- Expanding heart care close to home | Whidbey News-Times — Apr 21, 2026
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.
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Summary: - The US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) is the Navy Medicine headquarters, overseeing policy, manpower, and resources to keep Sailors, Marines, and families healthy and ready. - Located at the Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, VA, BUMED operates globally under Rear Adm. Darin K. Via (Acting Surgeon General). - Purpose: ensure safe, patient- and family-centered care across Navy Medicine worldwide. - Location notes: main HQ in Falls Church, VA; operates as part of the Navy Medicine enterprise with a global mission. Regarding NMRTC Oak Harbor, WA: - The provided page does not contain specific details about NMRTC Oak Harbor. For targeted information (facilities, services, contact), a separate search for “NMRTC Oak Harbor Oak Harbor WA” or the NMRTC Oak Harbor directory is recommended.
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