Abstract

<h3>NAVY</h3><h3>Aviation Medicine Training Program.—</h3> The new graduate training program of the Naval School of Aviation Medicine at Pensacola, Fla., is designed to prepare selected flight surgeons for certification in aviation medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. The program was reviewed in May, 1955, when the American Board of Preventive Medicine convened at the School of Aviation Medicine with representatives of the American Medical Association. Department heads and faculty were interviewed at length to determine their qualifications, teaching methods, and experience, and the school was approved for two years' formal credit in Aviation Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine in the summer of 1956. Lieut. Commander David P. Morris, M. C., U. S. N., on July 16, 1958, became the first naval medical officer to complete residency training in aviation medicine at the school. Dr. Morris served as flight surgeon at NAS, Columbus, Ohio, and at

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