In that case, ethically I would have to report it to the flight surgeon. They understood that. At times they did come to me with certain things. Not necessarily the first seven but more so when I went to Houston and during the Apollo programs. I was very close to the astronauts and their families for a long time.
Pilots are very, very afraid of doctors.
They still are. When we began the flight medicine program, it was new to all of us. We were all learning together. It was an extremely exciting time. Bill Douglas was the flight surgeon for the first seven.