* 1933 – Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States

* 1944 – Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican physician, 14th Surgeon General of the United States

C. Everett Koop was the Surgeon General of the United States under President Ronald Reagan.

The U. S. DDT ban took place amidst a growing public mistrust of industry, with the Surgeon General issuing a report on smoking in 1964, the Cuyahoga River catching fire in 1969, the fiasco surrounding the use of diethylstilbestrol ( DES ), and the well-publicized decline in the bald eagle population.

A committee that was headed by psychiatrist Brigadier General William C. Menninger developed a new classification scheme called Medical 203 that was issued in 1943 as a War Department Technical Bulletin under the auspices of the Office of the Surgeon General.

* 1964 – Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M. D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.

* 1941 – David Satcher, 16th United States Surgeon General

* 1988 – A report by United States ' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.

* 1990 – Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in that position.

* Surgeon General, Lieutenant General Dr. Abdul Qayum Tutakhail

* 1985 – Luther Terry, American physician and public health official, Surgeon General of the United States ( b. 1911 )

* 1949 – Richard Carmona, American physician and 17th Surgeon General of the United States

* 1916 – C. Everett Koop, 13th United States Surgeon General

United States Surgeon General David Satcher in 2001 issued a report stating that " there is no valid scientific evidence that sexual orientation can be changed ".

* 1911 – Luther Terry, American physician, 9th Surgeon General of the United States ( d. 1985 )

In 1614 John Woodall, Surgeon General of the East India Company, published " The Surgion's Mate " as a handbook for apprentice surgeons aboard the company's ships.

* Richard Carmona – former Surgeon General of the United States

* Thomas Novotny, former Assistant Surgeon General

* January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Leonidas Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health ( the first such statement from the U. S. government ).

** A report by U. S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.

" As Surgeon General, he released eight reports on the health consequences of tobacco use including the first report on the health consequences of involuntary tobacco smoke exposure.

Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to health in the first such statement from the Federal government of the United States.

The Surgeon General reports directly to the Assistant Secretary for Health who may hold the rank of admiral if he or she is a serving member of the PHSCC.

The Surgeon General reports that positive effects have been demonstrated regarding attitudes towards the police.

Under future Surgeon General William H. Stewart, the Office of the Surgeon General ’ s Division of Public Health Methods staffed a number of investigatory and advisory bodies whose reports still inform policy decisionmaking, including the Secretary ’ s Consultants on Medical Research and Education ( Bayne-Jones report, 1958 ); the Surgeon General ’ s Consultant Group on Medical Education ( Bane report, 1959 ); the Surgeon General ’ s Report on Environmental Health Problems submitted to the House Appropriations Subcommittee ( 1959 ); and the Study Group on the Mission and Organization of the Public Health Service ( Hundley report, 1960 ).

: All reports, returns and communications connected with the Medical Department will hereafter be made to the Surgeon General's Office in Washington.

One of his first acts as Surgeon General was to require from all army posts quarterly reports by the medical officers on weather conditions and on the incidence and causes of diseases.

Martha reports to the Surgeon General ’ s command center and he updates her on the situation.

He dismissed D ' Arcy Wentworth from his position of Assistant Surgeon to the Colony without explanation, and sentenced three merchants to a month's imprisonment and a fine for writing a letter which he considered offensive.

Past Assistant Surgeon R. R.

Hermesch, Assistant Surgeon U. S. Navy and the Relief Committee at Purvis, we know that there were 83 dead, 340 wounded and 1935 destitute in the town of Purvis.

* Theodore J. Bauer ( 1909 – 2005 ), former Assistant Surgeon General of the United States and head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

After qualifying he became Assistant Surgeon ( house surgeon ) at St George's Hospital ( 1756 ) and Surgeon ( 1768 ).

Assistant Surgeon Henry Wilkin, 11th Hussars.

The Surgeon General serves a four-year term of office and, depending on whether the current Assistant Secretary for Health is a PHSCC commissioned officer or not, is the senior or second-highest ranking uniformed officer of the PHSCC, holding the grade of a three-star vice admiral.

The Surgeon General is the overall head of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, a 6, 000-member Commissioned Corps of the USPHS, a cadre of health professionals who are on call 24 hours a day, and can be dispatched by the Secretary of HHS or the Assistant Secretary for Health in the event of a public health emergency.

This was because he served simultaneously in the positions of Surgeon General ( three-star ) and Assistant Secretary for Health ( which is a four-star office ).

In February 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed Koop as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health with the promise, fulfilled a year and nine months later, that he would be nominated as Surgeon General.

Chart from the medical and surgical journal of A B Messer, Assistant Surgeon aboard HMS Curacoa

The Army appointed Dr. McGee as Acting Assistant Surgeon General, making her the first woman ever to hold the position.

In April 1864, Peter DeWitt, Assistant Surgeon at Jarvis Hospital, Baltimore, received a number of prisoners recently released from the Prisoner of War camp at Belle Isle.

-- By David Hopkins, Esq., Assistant Surgeon on the Bengal Establishment in 1810.

On board were three Scottish biologists, William Milne ( a gardener-botanist from the Edinburgh Botanic Garden ), John Macgillivray ( naturalist ) who collected fish and plant specimens, and Assistant Surgeon and zoologist Denis Macdonald.

" Promotion to Assistant Surgeon and Surgeon were the reward of military service.

Like all other federal-level responses, officers are deployed only upon request, and upon the recommendation of the Surgeon General and permission of the Assistant Secretary for Health.

Almost immediately upon graduating from medical school, Woodworth was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Union Army.

On May 28, 1861, he was appointed an Assistant Surgeon in the U. S. Army, and on July 21 of the same year was captured at the First Battle of Bull Run, while serving with General George Sykes ' division.

Finally, she employed as a " Contract Acting Assistant Surgeon ( civilian )" by the Army of the Cumberland in September 1863, becoming the first-ever female surgeon employed by the U. S. Army Surgeon.