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C. Everett Koop with Surgeons General Antonia Novello and Joycelyn Elders
Date:
December 1993
Description:
Dr. Koop is flanked here by two of his successors; Joycelyn Elders, the first African-American Surgeon General (1993-1994) and Antonia Novello, the first woman and first Hispanic-American Surgeon General (1990-1993).
Rights:
Courtesy of C. Everett Koop.
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