Major Mandy Islam was diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer, and the army changed the way the military dealt with seriously ill personnel.
Mandy was a soldier for 10 years touring in Iraq, Northern Ireland, Bosnia before training to become an officer at Sandhurst.
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