Soldiers in White

When Nurse Ryan reports to the Commander of the hospital, she is reporting to Colonel George Beach, who was the actual commander of Brooke General Hospital at Fort Sam Houston where the movie was filmed. That scene was actually filmed in Colonel Beach's office.

At several points, Pvt. Allison is seen grabbing Nurse Lt. Ryan, despite her protests, in full view of other officers nearby, and none of them say anything. In real life, had a private treated a lieutenant in that manner, he would have been immediately arrested, hauled to the stockade, and court-martialed for insubordination, disrespect to an officer and, very likely, assaulting an officer. An another point in the film, Allison takes an army staff car and, under the pretense of giving Lt. Ryan a ride to her quarters, takes her on a "sightseeing tour" of Fort Sam Houston. For doing so, he is put on "kitchen police" duty, peeling potatoes. In real life, he would have been charged with theft of government property and, very likely, kidnapping. (Ryan told him several times to take her back to the hospital, but he refused to do so.) These are extremely serious charges and would have resulted in Allison getting sentenced to a very long term in a military prison.