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From Feldshers to Force Health Protection: A History of Navy Physician Associates

Thirteen of the first 30 U.S. Navy physician assistants with leadership at the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) Bethesda, Maryland, August 1974. In the original photograph, standing from left to right are: (front row) Rear Admiral R.G. Williams, Jr., commanding officer of NNMC; Warrant Officers Jose P. Rodrigues, Richard O. Clark, John P. Boothe, Pedro A. Colon, Charles L. McMillan; Captain J. William Cox, commanding officer, Naval Health Sciences Education and Training Command; (middle row) Cmdr. Joseph Cassells, U.S. Navy Medical Corps U.S. Navy, project director at NNMC; Warrant Officers Ronald M. Cope, Robert B. Dunlap, Donald W. Hahn, Stanley R. Rundall, and Guy W. Eastman; (back row) Warrant Officers Gregory E. Monroe, Philip A Contino, Jr., Daniel J. Hutchinson, and Capt. Carl Voyles, chief of outpatient services and medical director of PA Program at NNMC. (U.S. Navy photo illustration by A.B. Sobocinski)

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