NORTH CAROLINA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS

1995: Dr. Douglas E. Henley serves as president of the AAFP.

1996-97: NCAFP’s first website goes online.

1998: Dr. Melvin Pinn named AAFP Family Physician of the Year.

2000-01: Annual Meeting attendance reaches an all-time high of 463 participants.

2008-09: NCAFP achieves 100% resident membership for fifth consecutive year.

2009: Dr. Lori Heim serves as President of the AAFP.

2009-10: NCAFP implements Family Medicine Interest and Scholars Program to increase student interest in Family Medicine.

2011: Annual Meeting attendance tops 750 participants. Overall membership grows to just under 3,200.

2013-14: Multiple members testify before Medicaid Reform advisory Group.

2014-15: NC hosts Health is Primary City Tour in Raleigh.

2016: Dr. Maureen Murphy named AAFP Family Physician of the Year.

2017: Dr. Karen Smith named AAFP Family Physician of the Year, giving North Carolina back-to-back winners.

2020: NCAFP Meetings, including our Annual Meeting, went virtual due to COVID-19.

Learn even more about our history on our 75th Anniversary Timeline at www.ncafp.com.

Key Dates In The History Of The Aafp

June 1947: American Academy of General Practice organized during AMA Meeting.

March 1948: First AAGP Scientific Assembly.

Feb. 21, 1950: First State Officers Conference – now the Annual Chapter Leadership Forum.

April 1950: First issue of GP, the forerunner of the American Family Physician, is published.

March 1956: Then Vice President Richard M. Nixon makes a surprise visit at the Eighth Annual Scientific Assembly in Washington.

March 1957: Mary E. Johnston of Virginia elected first women on the AAGP Board of Directors.

Nov. 18, 1958: AAGP Foundation chartered.

April 1965: AAGP Congress of Delegates passed Resolution No. 11 “To Extend Equal Rights for AAGP Membership” stating that the Academy was “unalterably opposed to the denial of membership in county and state chapters to any duly licensed physician in the family practice of medicine because of race, color, religion, ethnic affiliation, or national origin.”

Feb. 8, 1969: Family practice approved as American medicine’s 20th specialty. The first certifying exam was held Feb. 28 - March 1, 1970.

Oct. 3, 1971: AAGP officially changed name to the American Academy of Family Physicians and approved a “Fellow” membership clarification.

Oct. 4, 1971: Actor Robert Young (who portrayed Marcus Welby, MD, on ABC) was keynote speaker at the Academy’s Scientific Assembly. He also appeared in 1974 and 1984.

Sept. 26, 1972: First fellowship convocation in New York City with 10,000 attendees and 4,000 degrees conferred.

July 6, 1977: First Family Doctor of the Year Award given to Robert Boyer, MD, of Kansas.