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AHRQ Acknowledges 50 Years of Accomplishments by the Nation’s Physician Assistants
By Robert McNellis MPH, PA – It was Look Magazine in 1966 that first brought national attention to a new health profession in the United States—the physician assistant (PA). The following year, in October 1967, three ex-Navy Corpsmen graduated from Duke University as the first PAs in the Nation.