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May
15

Through Heavy Weather and Fair Winds, 1975-1999

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Below is reprinted with permission from the article "A Short History Of Navy Physician Assistants. Part II: Through Heavy Weather and Fair Winds, 1975...

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Feb
01

NAPA Happy Hour: SWMDO/CVN/Shipboard Life

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Good morning, We invite our members to participate in our first Happy Hour series. Our first topic is about Air Craft Carrier (CVN) billets, earning t...

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Jan
30

SWMDO/CVN/Shipboard Zoom Happy Hour Talk - Call for SMEs

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Good morning, Putting out the call to any SWMDOs or SWMDOs to be, who would like to participate in a Zoom meeting regarding CVN/shipboard life an...

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Jan
30

How to search for other NAPA members

NAPA is a community by, of, and for Navy PAs We hope that our members can utilize the resources provided by their Navy PA colleagues to support the wa...

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Jan
30

How to update member profile

Please take a moment to update your NAPA member profile. This is a very quick and easy process. Updating your profile allows other NAPA members to sea...

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Nov
30

AAPA HOD Meeting NOV 2020

Good afternoon NAPA,Today, the AAPA held their House of Delegates (HOD) meeting on 20 November 2020.The primary focus of the meeting was the title cha...

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Nov
04

2020 NAPA West Symposium CME Online

Good evening,All NAPA symposium videos have been edited and uploaded to the NAPA website. This includes PA SL brief, Detailer brief, USNR brief, Senio...

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Nov
01

Detailer Request

Good evening NAPA members, Please see below from our Detailer, LCDR Alysworth. He would like some feedback from the community from his brief from the ...

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Oct
23

The PA Fitness Report, An Unofficial Guide

Editor's Note: CDR(s) Thoemke's excellent FITREP guidance is reprinted here with his permission   Navy PAs have had a reasonable promotion board ...

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Oct
15

How to earn CME from the NAPA Symposium

NAPA members can earn CMEs from the NAPA Symposium. Here's how to do it.   First, log in to your account at navypa.com   Second, click the m...

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