CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF EQUITY (UNAUDITED) - 9 months ended May. 31, 2015 - USD ($) $ in Millions	Common Stock [Member]	Treasury Stock Amount [Member]	Paid-In Capital [Member]	Employee Stock Loan Receivable [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Noncontrolling Interests [Member]	Total
Beginning Balance at Aug. 31, 2014	$ 80	$ (3,197)	$ 1,172	$ (5)	$ 136	$ 22,327	$ 104	$ 20,617
Beginning Balance (in shares) at Aug. 31, 2014	950,386,889
Net earnings	$ 0	0	0	0	0	4,194	53	4,247
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	0	0	0	0	(277)	0	(9)	(286)
Dividends declared ($1.0125 per share)	0	0	0	0	0	(1,061)	0	(1,061)
Exchange of Walgreen Co. shares for Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. shares	(69)	0	69	0	0	0	0	0
Issuance of shares for Alliance Boots acquisition	$ 1	0	10,976	0	0	0	0	10,977
Issuance of shares for Alliance Boots acquisition (in shares)	144,333,468
Treasury stock purchases	$ 0	(831)	0	0	0	0	0	(831)
Treasury stock purchases (in shares)	(12,094,030)
Employee stock purchase and option plans	$ 0	374	25	0	0	0	0	399
Employee stock purchase and option plans (in shares)	9,341,848
Stock-based compensation	$ 0	0	86	0	0	0	0	86
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest	0	0	(2,439)	0	0	0	(130)	(2,569)
Employee stock loan receivable	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Noncontrolling interests in businesses acquired	0	0	0	0	0	0	348	348
Ending Balance at May. 31, 2015	$ 12	$ (3,654)	$ 9,889	$ (3)	$ (141)	$ 25,460	$ 366	$ 31,929
Ending Balance (in shares) at May. 31, 2015	1,091,968,175