Test your Knowledge

Why was October 6th initially selected as PA Day?

Instead of using the term physician’s assistant, the first national conference held at Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, TX in 1973 was titled the “First Annual Conference on _______________?

Which branch of the United States Arm Forces was first to appoint PAs as commissioned officers in 1978?

What was the predominate prior health care experiences of the first PA and MEDEX students trained during the late 1960s and early 1970s?

In 2011, Karen Bass from California became the first physician assistant to do WHAT?