They are actually brought up from the uniformed Public Health Service.  The
uniforms they wear are very similar to naval officer uniforms.  The
shuffling around of the Surgeon General's duties are due to a lot of
politics.  They say if you want a thankless task, work for a public health
agency.  No one wants to hear what you are saying.

Beth t the OT

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Beth,

Thanks; It occurs to me that the surgeon general has often been a Navy
officer of flag rank - so why isn't it the Surgeon Admiral? ;-{) Here's the
actual history from the HHS web site.

http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/history/sghist.htm

Kendall Corbett

An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
depends on the unreasonable man.

-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

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