Navy Doctor Part Of A Tradition Of Military Physicians Serving Presidents

Dr. Sean Conley, who's treating President Trump's case of COVID-19, is the latest in a long line of active-duty military officers who have been in charge of treating presidents.

"Over the past 24 hours, the president has continued to improve," Dr. Conley said Monday afternoon at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, just outside Washington in Bethesda, Md. "He's met or exceeded all standard hospital discharge criteria."

However, he added that Trump may not be "entirely out of the woods yet."

The president tweeted earlier that he would be heading back to the White House on Monday evening.

Since the president is the commander-in-chief of the military, this creates the unusual situation where the president is the ultimate boss of the military personnel treating him.

Dr. Conley, 40, is a commander in the Navy and has been the president's physician for a little over two years.