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Article: Obstetrics and gynecology at Baylor University Medical Center.
- Article from:
- Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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The History of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists summarizes the early history of the specialty as follows:
During the 1930s, obstetrical and gynecological services in the USA matured and reorganized. In 1930, the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology incorporated, making it the third oldest medical specialty recognized in the USA. The mission of the board is "to encourage the study, improve the practice and advance the cause of obstetrics and gynecology, subjects which should be inseparably interwoven; and to grant and to issue to physicians duly licensed by law, certificates or other equivalent recognition of special knowledge in ...