And through it all she knew how to make a fine Plomeek soup, even if it did end up on the wall of the sickbay corridor.

Her contributions to Starfleet continued long after the Enterprise’s initial five-year mission, being assigned to the refitted ship and later working at Starfleet Headquarters coordinating relief efforts in response to mysterious Whale probe. In Roddenberry’s own words she was, “a woman capable of startling vitality.” Through the course of her many adventures, she took care of the mental health of the crew, was promoted to Head Nurse, assistant in multiple operations, cared for the orphans of the Starnes Exploration Party, and was even acting Chief Medical Officer when the male members of the crew were entranced by the Sirens song of the Taurean System. Chapel was more than a face in sickbay, she grew to embody the no-nonsense self-possessed woman of the era (both the 1960s and the 2260s). There is no nurse more famous than Christine Chapel, who served under Dr. Nurse Christine Chapel (Majel Barrett-Roddenberry) - Star Trek: The Original Series/The Animated Series/The Motion Picture/The Voyage Home

He helped crew members with headaches, dealt with corpses, did blood evaluations, quarantined the sick, examined the Borg Hugh, treated the Captain when he was under the influence of the Kataan probe, assisted when Thomas Riker was beamed aboard, stabilized Picard when his artificial heart was damaged, defended the Enterprise-E from the Borg attack, and helped the Bak’u refuges just to name a few! Chances are, if there was anything that required the medical staff, Martinez was there! Played by background actor Michael Braveheart, Martinez appeared in eighty-four episodes of TNG and two films, and was completely uncredited for all his appearances. Crewman Martinez started off working on the Enterprise-D’s bridge, but shortly thereafter moved to sickbay, dealing with practically every crisis faced on the seven-year mission.

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