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This speech was presented for C. Everett Koop by Richard R. Ashbaugh, Acting Director, Bureau of Medical Services, Health Services Administration of the U.S. Public Health Services. In the speech Koop took stock of the capacities and future prospects of the Centers for Disease Control, the Food and Drug Administration, the Health Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the other branches of the Public Health Service at a time of fiscal retrenchment.