Our military heritage.
The decade of the sixties was one of dramatic change in American culture. Looking back, the change that had the most effect on readers of this journal was the creation of the physician assistant profession. The original members of our profession were all former military medical corpsmen. This article provides a brief overview of this military heritage.
Condit
D
D
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
D004493:Education / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008887:Military Medicine; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000193:education / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012952:Societies / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce