title: Physician assistants. A young profession celebrates the 35th anniversary of its birth in North Carolina.
authors.affiliation: Duke's Department of Community and Family Medicine, DUMC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strand
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000266:history; D003479:Curriculum; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000193:education / Q000266:history* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data