Eighteen years ago I climbed these very stairs to be awarded my medical degree. As I saw it then, that ceremony was a passport to a challenging career, a profession which I knew would give me the opportunity to make a difference. As inexperienced as I was, I had seen enough to know that I had made the right career choice.
Professional Independence - AMA President's Inauguration 1999
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