title: PA profession in review: a founder's perspective.
abstract: One of the PA profession's most noted founders reflects on its past 20 years' growth, including his role in initiating the concept and providing direction as the idea took hold. Adapted from an address delivered at the 1985 conference of the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants, this article is a candid review of the profession's past and future, exploring various career opportunities now open to PAs.
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000266:history*