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 * ^  |||| ===**Antonia C. Novello**=== ||
 * === She was the first women and Hispanic person to be appointed as a surgeon general ===
 * === Novello joined the public heath service and received a commission in the public heath service commissioned corps ===
 * ===Her first assignment was a project general in the national institute of arthritis===
 * === A January 2009 report by the New York Inspectors general office claimed that during her seven-year tenure as New York State Health Commissioner, Novello routinely abused her authority over health department staff, "turning her staff at the Health Department into her personal chauffeurs, porters and shopping assistants. ===

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May 1st, 2014

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Antonia C. Novello was born August 23,1944 ([|Wikipedia]) in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, and was the first women and Hispanic person to become a surgeon general ([|Scholastic]).Since 2008, Antonia Novello has been Vice President for Women's and Children's Health and Policy Affairs at Disney Children's Hospital at Florida Hospital in Orlando and As a child, she had a chronic illness that hurt her digestion, causing her great suffering. Antonias mother, a school teacher and later high school teacher. Antonia received her Bachelor of Science degree at Rio Piedras in 1965, and her Doctor of Medicine degree from the Univeristy of Puerto Rico at San Juan in1970 ("[|Antonia Novello Biography]"). A January 2009 report by the New York Inspector General's office claimed that during her seven-year tenure as New York State Health Commissioner, Novello routinely abused her authority over health department staff, "turning her staff at the Health Department into her personal chauffeurs, porters and shopping assistants during her seven-year tenure. On May 12, 2009, a felony indictment was unsealed charging one count of defrauding the government, three counts of filing a false instrument and sixteen counts of theft of government services. Upon arraignment by Judge Stephen Herrick, represented by attorney E. Stewart Jones, she at first pleaded "Not Guilty" to all allegations, but eventually pleaded guilty to one felony count of filing a false instrument in exchange for a light sentence and dropping the other charges Her guilty plea was accepted by the court on August 13, 2009.

After leaving the position of Surgeon General, Novello remained in the regular corps of the Public Health Service. She was assigned the United nations childrens fund (UNICEF) Special Representative for Health and Nutrition from 1993 to 1996 reverting to her permanent two-star rank of Rear Admiral. In 1996, she became Visiting Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. She retired from the Public Health Service and the PHSCC shortly after with the grade of vice admiral.  In 1999, Governor of New York George Pataki the Commisiner of heath for the State of new York appointed Novello as the commisioner of heath for the State of new york.

She served until 2006. Since 2008, Novello has been vice president of Women and Children Health and Policy Affairs at Disney Children’s Hospital at Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida, Novello was married to former US Navy flight surgeon and psychiatrist, Joseph R. Novello.  Novello was appointed Surgeon General by President George H. W. Bush, beginning her tenure on March 9, 1990, and was appointed to the temporary rank of vice admiral in the regular corps while the Surgeon General. She was the first woman and the first Hispanic to hold the position. During her tenure as Surgeon General, Novello focused her attention on the health of women, children and minorities, as well as on underage drinking, smoking, and AIDS. She played an important role in launching the Healthy Children Ready to Learn Initiative. She was actively involved in working with other organizations to promote immunization of children and childhood injury prevention efforts. She spoke out often and forcefully about illegal underage drinking, and called upon the United states department of heath and human services Inspector General to issue a series of eight reports on the subject.

Novello also worked to discourage illegal tobacco use by young people, and repeatedly criticized the tobacco industry for appealing to the youth market through the use of cartoon characters such as Joe Camel. A workshop that she convened led to the emergence of a National Hispanic/Latino Health Initiative. Novello was controversial among abortion rights advocates due to her support of a policy prohibiting family planning program workers who received federal financing from discussing abortion with their patients. ([|Wikipedia])

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