But Koop merely continued a tradition that began in 1870, when the Marine Hospital Fund, established to provide care for disabled seamen, was reorganized as a national Marine Hospital Service, with a Supervising Surgeon, Dr. Everett Koop was the first Surgeon General to become a household name, while waging battles against smoking and the spread of AIDS. (Image: Wikipedia commons, public domain) The first Surgeon General, John Maynard Woolworth, designed the fouled anchor and caduceus seal still used by the Public Health Service.
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