Report released by the AMA's Council on Health Manpower to update State Medical Societies and State Medical Licensing Authorities on progress "in developing a national program of certification, based on proficiency testing, for the assistant to the...
Article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association( discussing the development of the physician's assistant concept, the AMA's and other organizations' interest in the concept, the potential duties of PAs, their acceptance by patients...
1971 informational pamphlet distributed by Duke University PA Program to potential candidates for admissions. The pamphlet provides brief history of program, efforts to define PA professional role, the curriculum, professional mobility, admission...
News release by the National Board of Medical Examiners on August 6, 1972 announcing need to "determine the best way of developing nationally valid certifying examinations that will ensure the orderly development of the concept of the assistant to the...
An announcement issued by the United States Civil Service Commission, Bureau of Recruiting and Examining, in March 1971 providing information on availability of Physician's Assistant jobs within the Federal Government. The announcement states that...
Cover of the first issue (Vol.1, no. 1) of the official journal of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants published quarterly by Charles B. Slack, Inc., Thorofare, NJ. The aim of the Journal was to "foster good will and unity of purpose...
Table of contents from the first issue (Vol.1, no. 1) of Physician's Associate, 1971, the official journal of the American Association of Physicians' Assistants published quarterly by Charles B. Slack, Inc., Thorofare, NJ.