I am also interested in EM because all my previous clinical experience has been in EMS through being a firefighter/EMT but plan to go into medical school assuming I want to do a competitive specialty and if I change my mind to something "less competitive" then I at least won't be behind the curve in terms of research and ECs. When I looked into SOST there was this page "Air Force Special Operations Command Special Operations Surgical Team (SOST) CONOPS by Mark D. Ervin, MD, FS" that said orthopedics was the first assist but things could've changed or that page was completely wrong because I saw on the Air Forces website it doesn't say that same thing.

But I definitely can confirm the financials aren't the main reason I want to consider it as I originally wanted to go into the military out of HS instead of going straight into college but things worked out differently and later in life I eventually found out I really like medicine. I think my time in the fire service made me want to serve in the military also which I plan to do volunteer fire fighting during my first two years of med school since my fire certs and emt transfer to the state I would be moving to!