Article that appeared in the New Physician June 1968: A-18-A-19, describing the first three graduates of the Duke University Physician's Assistant Program. The article describes the curriculum and the backgrounds of the first three graduates: Richard...
Jerry Bredouw's response to D. Robert Howard thanking him for responding to "my efforts on the recent Bold Ones." He mentions response to the episode and support of Joe Donovan at the Santa Clara Medical Society who helped pass California Law 2109...
Photograph from Roche Medical Image magazine, August, 1968 depicting Mr. Craig Bruno, physician assistant, completing a pre-employment physical for pulp mill worker in Plymouth, NC. Mr. Bruno is drawing blood from patient's arm.
Article written by Dr. D. Robert Howard, MD that appeared in Times Educational Supplement, March 11, 1970. The supplement appeared in three US Military "Times" newspapers to introduce veterans, especially corpsmen, to the PA education program at Duke...
Correspondence from Bob Jones, associate editor of Army Times Publishing Company, to D. Robert Howard, Director of the Duke University PA Program, indicating that Dr. Howard's article, "Doctors' assistants on rise" was published in an educational...
A series of letters between D. Robert Howard, Director of the Duke University Physician Assistant program, and Dick Moores, cartoonist of the Gasoline Alley comic strip between September 1971 and April 1972 discussing Chipper, an ex-military corpsmen,...
Letter written by Dr. D. Robert Howard, Director of Duke University Physician Assistant program, to Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace, CBS reporters on 60 Minutes requesting a visit by 60 Minutes to explore educating ex-military corpsmen to address...
Bob Howard's letter to Jerry Bredouw congratulating him on "the very fine job you did with the recent episode of 'The Bold Ones' that gave the physician's assistant concept some much-needed publicity." Also, he mentions his gratitude for "getting us in...
Memo and letter sent to D. Robert Howard at Duke University from Jerry Bredouw to Dick Moores following up on earlier correspondence trying to interest Mr. Moores in having Chipper, a character in Gasoline Alley, become a PA. He elaborates on the...
Early article appearing in Roche Medical Image [magazine] describing role of physician assistant. The article features Craig Bruno a graduate of the Duke University PA program who is the first PA hired on a one-year trial basis at a community clinic...