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Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
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Antonia Novello
14th Surgeon General of the United States
Antonia Coello Novello is a Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator. She was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as 14th Surgeon General of the United States from 1990 to 1993. Novello was the first woman and first Hispanic to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Surgeon General of the United States
Head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States. The surgeon general's office and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)