title: Address of the President. Look around with awareness.
abstract: In conspectus, consideration is given to the first "academy" in ancient Greece, current national health goals, change affecting health and medical care in the United States, and evolution--as well as the promising future--of the American Academy of Ophthalomology and Otolaryngology. Contemplating the future, the advice of James Thurber is increasingly valid: "Look backward not with anger, nor forward with fear, but look around with awareness."
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000592:standards*; D006076:Government; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000592:standards; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D014481:United States