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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Subject: Subject: MEDIA ADVISORY-- SURGEON GENERAL'S "CALL TO ACTION"

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Subject: MEDIA ADVISORY-- SURGEON GENERAL'S "CALL TO ACTION"

July 26, 2005

MEDIA ADVISORY

For Tuesday, July 26, 2005

FOR CREDENTIALED MEDIA ONLY

U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., will participate in
a
press conference to announce his "Call to Action" to improve the health
and
wellness of people with disabilities.

WHO:            Vice Admiral Richard Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., U.S. Surgeon
General
                    Margaret Giannini, M.D., Director of HHS Office on
Disability
                    Peter Galpin, M.D., surgeon and person with a
disability
                    Rear Admiral Kenneth Moritsugu, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy
Surgeon General

WHEN:               Tuesday, July 26, 2005
                1:30 p.m.

WHERE:             Marriott at Metro Center Hotel
                   Salon A/B
                   775 12th Street, NW
                   Washington, D.C.
                   (202) 737-2200

CONTACT:       HHS Press Office
               (202) 690-6343

BACKGROUND:

The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness
of
Persons with Disabilities focuses on the challenges to health and
wellness
faced by individuals with disabilities of all kinds. Developed by the
Surgeon General in collaboration with the Department's Office on
Disability,
this first-ever Surgeon General's Call to Action on disability describes
the
particular challenges to health and well-being faced by persons of all
ages
with disabilities.  It identifies an overarching principle and four
goals
that, together, can help the nearly 54 million Americans of all ages who
have been born with or have acquired disabilities during their lifetimes
to
experience full, rewarding, and healthy lives as contributing members of
their communities.  Tuesday, July 26 is the 15th anniversary of the
signing
of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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