Abstract
In subscribing to the oath of office as President of the American Medical Association, I am cognizant not only of the honor conferred on me but also of the tremendous responsibilities accompanying the position. When I pledged myself to promote the public health and welfare, I was promising not only a course of future action but the continuation of a principle that has guided the American Medical Association since its inception more than a century ago. That principle of public service has not always been popular, even among the Association's members. Repeatedly, however, the A. M. A.'s course of action has in time been justified by results, and has won universal approval. The Association first came under heavy fire nearly a half century ago, when it began its campaign to raise the standards of medical education in this country. Medical education was at a low ebb, and it was imperative
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