title: The journey of a lifetime-from general surgeon to surgeon general.
authors.affiliation: United States Surgeon General, Acting Secretary for Health Department of Health and Human Services, Washington DC 20201, USA.
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Carmona
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States