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  • It was . . . a gift to the captain some years ago, following a rather unusual first-contact mission.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011

  • It was . . . a gift to the captain some years ago, following a rather unusual first-contact mission.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011

  • We are indebted to the late Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health for this basic definition of the four pillars of primary care: (1) first-contact care; (2) longitudinal continuity over time; (3) comprehensiveness, with capacity to provide care for the majority of health problems; and (4) coordination of care with other parts of the health care system.

    John Geyman: Myths and Misperceptions About Primary Care John Geyman 2011

  • As Worf cast a questioning glare in her direction, she added, “I read about them while doing research on various Starfleet first-contact missions.”

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011

  • Michael Quinion looks at the linguistic difficulties facing science fiction authors who choose to write a first-contact story.

    April 2009 2009

  • As Worf cast a questioning glare in her direction, she added, “I read about them while doing research on various Starfleet first-contact missions.”

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011

  • My bias is to get everyone covered for all the primary care they may need provided by teams of well-motivated first-contact professionals, evolving a structure that can provide effective general oversight of clinical decision-making in all sectors.

    Wonk Room » Ignagni: Government Role In Health Care Is Fine…As Long As It’s For Supporting Health Insurance Industry 2009

  • We are indebted to the late Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health for this basic definition of the four pillars of primary care: (1) first-contact care; (2) longitudinal continuity over time; (3) comprehensiveness, with capacity to provide care for the majority of health problems; and (4) coordination of care with other parts of the health care system.

    John Geyman: Myths and Misperceptions About Primary Care John Geyman 2011

  • Michael Quinion looks at the linguistic difficulties facing science fiction authors who choose to write a first-contact story.

    SF Tidbits for 4/25/09 2009

  • The short prologue foreshadows catastrophe, and the first page informs the reader that our protagonist is the lone survivor of a failed interstellar first-contact mission.

    Book Review: The Sparrow « Become A Robot 2008

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