A Final PA Week Article
Just wanted to note this Physician Assistant Week article from the 66th Medical Group.
10/7/2008 - HANSCOM AFB, Mass. -- National Physician Assistants Week is Oct. 6 to 12. The 66th Medical Group recognizes the PAs on its own team, Col. Randy Dobbins, 66 MDG commander, Army Captain David DiGregorio and 1st Lt. Michael Sciortino, 66 MDG physician assistants.
... Physician assistants have become increasingly vital in healthcare since the first PAs, composed mainly of military medics who received their training during the Vietnam conflict, graduated from Duke University in 1967 and entered the workforce.
This photo (below) accompanied the article. (Photo by Linda LaBonte Britt. Courtesy of the U.S. Air Force)
Col. David Orr, 66th Air Base Wing commander (left), signs a proclamation declaring Oct. 6 to 12 as Physician Assistants Week while the 66th Medical Group's physician assistants, Army Capt. David DiGregorio (center) and Col. Randy Dobbins, 66 MDG commander, look on.
