[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2010)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 62451-62452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25706]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 75 , No. 196 / Tuesday, October 12, 2010 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 8579 of October 6, 2010

                
National Physician Assistants Week, 2010

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                In communities across our Nation, physician assistants 
                serve tirelessly everyday to care for Americans and 
                fulfill a critical function in our health care system. 
                They provide important medical attention and treatment 
                to patients and their loved ones, and can be the 
                principal care provider in rural or inner-city clinics, 
                and other settings with provider shortages. During 
                National Physician Assistants Week, we honor these 
                dedicated medical professionals and their essential 
                role in providing diagnostic, therapeutic, and 
                preventive health care services to millions of American 
                men, women, and children.

                With compassion matched by professionalism, physician 
                assistants work as part of a team to provide vital 
                support to both patients in need and the doctors who 
                balance the care of many individuals. Recognizing their 
                essential function in our medical system, we allocated 
                more than $30 million from the Prevention and Public 
                Health Fund under the Affordable Care Act to expand the 
                Physician Assistant Training Program, and to increase 
                the number of physician assistants in primary care over 
                the next 5 years. Primary care is the foundation of 
                preventive health care, and we must support the 
                training of hundreds of new physician assistants who 
                can join the medical field and increase access to 
                providers and services in underserved areas. Our Nation 
                needs a strong primary care workforce and the continued 
                dedication of physician assistants in our hospitals, 
                clinics, and medical offices to address the crucial 
                health issues of our time.

                Countless American families have relied on the skill, 
                concern, and commitment of physician assistants, in 
                both joyous times and heart-wrenching circumstances. As 
                we recognize their countless contributions this week, 
                we also pay tribute to the kind and meticulous care 
                provided by all of America's medical professionals. Our 
                Nation is stronger because of these invaluable workers, 
                and their efforts safeguard a healthy future for all 
                Americans.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim October 6 through 
                October 12, 2010, as National Physician Assistants 
                Week. I call upon all Americans to observe this week 
                with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs 
                that honor and foster appreciation for our physician 
                assistants and all medical professionals.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth. 
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