NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

BETHESDA, MD. 20014

AREA CODE 30!

TO:

TEL: 656-4000

All invitees to the January 15-17, 1967,
Conference on Regional Medical Programs
who were unable to attend.

Although you were unable to accept our invitation to attend,
we thought you might like to review preliminary materials and
the papers presented at the Conference. Therefore, we have
prepared the attached packet of copies of that material for
you.

It is our hope that you will find this material interesting
and a useful reference source on Regional Medical Programs.

In preparation for the first draft of the required June 30,
1967, Report of the Surgeon General to the President and the
Congress on Regional Medical Programs, we are now studying
all summaries of the small discussion sessions held during

the Conference. In addition, we are also reviewing letters

in which many participants have offered suggestions and ideas
generated by the Conference. If, on the basis of the enclosed
material, or from you own experiences, you care to relay your
own ideas or suggestions on Regional Medical Programs, they
would be most welcome.

Robert Q. Marston, M.D.
Associate Director, National Institutes of Health, and
Director, Division of Regional Medical Programs

Enclosures