“I believe that fortitude is key. More than anything, be consistent. Go at it. Go at it. Go at it. When you succeed, don’t forget the responsibility of making someone else succeed with you.”
Antonia Coello Novello, M.D., Former Surgeon General of the United States
A Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator, who served as vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as 14th Surgeon General of the United States. Novello was the first woman, the first person of colour, and first Hispanic to serve as U.S. Surgeon General.
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