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In the result of a growing physician shortage, Eugene A. Stead Jr., M.D., establishes the first class of PAs at Duke University. https://www.aapa.org/about/history/#:~:text=The%20PA%20profession%20was%20created,shortage%20of%20primary%20care%20physicians.&text=Stead%20based%20the%20curriculum%20of,doctors%20during%20World%20War%20II.
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The first class of PAs graduates from Stead Jr.’s Duke University program.
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The American Association of Physician Assistants is founded in North Carolina. It is later named the American Academy of PAs, which stabds for AAPA. https://www.bu.edu/paprogram/pa-profession/history-of-the-profession/
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The PA profession gains official recognition by the American Medical Association (AMA).
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PAs are granted prescriptive authority in 10 states. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001935.htm
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On the 20th anniversary of the graduation of Duke University’s first class of PAs, the first annual PA Day is held on October 6.
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The Balanced Budget Act establishes PAs as covered providers in all settings at a uniform rate of payment. https://www.bartonassociates.com/the-history-of-pas
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All the national PA organizations (AAPA, APAP, ARC-PA, and NCCPA) get together for the first time.
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PA scope of practice expands to allow prescriptive authority in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam.
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As the new programs developed in the last decade grow and expand, record numbers of PAs take the certifying examination. As the profession celebrates its 40th anniversary, international interest in the PA model of health care delivery grows with the establishment of PA educational programs in seven countries. https://www.bartonassociates.com/the-history-of-pas
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Twenty PAs from the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) are sent to West Africa to help those affected by the Ebola outbreak.
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Stead Jr.’s original two-year Duke University program began 50 years ago.
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The Affordable Care Act doubles the projected need for PAs. PAs are seen as essential components of new health care delivery structures such as "accountable care organizations" and "medical homes."
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Today, there are more than 115,500 certified PAs practicing in the U.S., providing care that is regarded equally to physician care. https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2016/11/15/the-birth-of-the-physician-assistant/
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Collaboration and Care, is announced and launched. The traveling exhibit consists of six banners that highlight the PA profession’s flexibility, diversity, collaborative framework and community service both nationally and internationally. https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2016/11/15/the-birth-of-the-physician-assistant/
