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Alan Sams served as a Hospital Corpsman in Vietnam. After reading the Look Magazine article, "More Than a Nurse, Less Than a Doctor", he joined the Duke PA Program, graduating in 1972. He was the founding president of the Georgia Association of PAs and was the first PA representative to the Georgia State Board of Medical Examiners. He also served as a board member of the AAPA from 1973-1975 and was chair of the Elections Committee, helping to develop the House of Delegates.
The Alan Sams Collection contains correspondence, reference materials, board and committee meeting minutes, board books, policy materials, and photographs. The materials in this collection are focused on Sams time on the Georgia Association of PAs, his role as the PA representative to the Georgia State Board of Medical Examiners, and his role as chair of the Ethics Committee of the AAPA.
Copyright for the Society for the Preservation of Physician Assistant History records is held by the Society; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], Alan Sams Collection, Society for Preservation of Physician Assistant History, Johns Creek, GA, USA
