A nationwide shortage of physicians in rural areas spurred a World War II nurse to work with a pediatrician and create the nurse practitioner program in 1965.
Loretta Ford, a native of the Bronx, New York City, earned her nursing diploma in 1941 and was
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A nationwide shortage of physicians in rural areas spurred a World War II nurse to work with a pediatrician and create the nurse practitioner program in 1965.
Loretta Ford, a native of the Bronx, New York City, earned her nursing diploma in 1941 and was
During the height of World War II, more than 900 service members, civilians and crew aboard the U.S. Army Transport Dorchester sailed through the North Atlantic for Greenland.
When the ship departed St. John's, Newfoundland, Jan. 29, 1943, everyone on board