back to the foundation of the royal college of physicians in 1518 and include the original royal charter granted by king henry viii. the activities of the college are preserved in official minutes and other institutional records dating from the 16th century to the present. over 200 collections of personal papers reflect the experiences of practitioners and patients over the last 500 years. these collections include items dating back to the 13th century which relate to the history of medicine and science in europe. in the 19th century, william munk, a fellow with a keen interest in medical biography started collection information about all the physicians who had either been licensed by the college or became a member. after years of research the resulting biographies were compiled into 3 volumes which included everyone who was a member of, or licensed by the college up to 1825. these volumes, published between 1861 and 1878 were the start of a series, known as munk's roll after the original compiler. later volumes focussed on fellows and the series is now online with regular updates ensuring there is a biography for every past fellow from 1518 to the present. the archive continues to collect records that demonstrate the developing roles of physicians, including oral recordings of practitioners reflecting on their lives and careers. the collections can be searched via an online catalogue, and are available to the general public by appointment. the ‘voices of medicine’ oral histories are available to listen to via the library catalogue. facility the royal college of physicians building is a grade i listed building the college is located in st. andrews place, which is at the north end of the road running up the east side of regent's park, park square east. the college's previous headquarters, on pall mall east/trafalgar square, is now canada house, part of the canadian high commission in london. the college had a number of other locations prior to pall mall east, in the city of london. the censors room at the royal college of physicians the current college building was designed by architect sir denys lasdun, opening in 1964 and has since been recognised as a building of national importance: it is a grade i listed building, one of a very select band of post-war buildings sharing this distinction. lasdun's use of mosaic clad concrete was extremely influential on many later public buildings. an interesting feature of the building was a 'moving wall', weighing five tons (5080 kg) and capable of being hydraulically lifted ten feet (3050 mm) to unite or sub-divide a hall of sixty-two feet (18.9 m) width, which was the interior width of the building. the hydraulic equipment and the steel framework for the moving wall were produced by merryweather & sons ltd of greenwich, hydraulic engineers. although better known for fire fighting equipment it was not the company's first installation of this kind. publications the college publishes two peer-reviewed medical journals. clinical medicine and future healthcare journal. in addition, it publishes regular reports, clinical guidelines, policy papers and online resources. occupational and environmental medicine is the official journal of the faculty of occupational medicine. faculties the royal college of physicians hosts six training faculties: the faculty of forensic and legal medicine, the faculty for pharmaceutical medicine, the faculty of occupational medicine the faculty of public health, the faculty of sport and exercise medicine and the faculty of physician associates. forensic and legal medicine the faculty of forensic and legal medicine (fflm) was established as a faculty of the rcp in 2006 to develop and maintain the highest possible standards of competence and professional integrity in forensic and legal medicine. the specialty covers professionals working in three related disciplines: forensic medical practitioners (forensic physicians, forensic nurses and paramedics, forensic pathologists, sexual assault examiners, and child physical and sexual assault examiners); medico-legal advisers; and medically qualified coroners. the fflm holds a number of exams for professionals working in forensic and legal medicine. it is recognised as the authoritative body for the purpose of consultation in matters of educational or public interest concerning forensic and legal medicine. pharmaceutical medicine the faculty of pharmaceutical medicine (fpm) of the royal colleges of physicians of the uk (edinburgh, glasgow and london) aims to advance the science and practice of pharmaceutical medicine by working to develop and maintain competence, ethics and integrity and the highest professional standards in the specialty for the benefit of the public. occupational medicine the faculty of occupational medicine was inaugurated as a specialist faculty of the rcp in 1978. the fom is the professional and educational body for occupational medicine in the uk and seeks to ensure the highest standards in the practice of occupational medicine. public health the faculty of public health (fph) is a joint faculty of the three royal colleges of physicians of the united kingdom (london, edinburgh and glasgow). it is a membership organisation for nearly 4,000 public health professionals across the uk and around the world. its role is to improve the health and wellbeing of local communities and national populations. sport and exercise medicine the faculty of sport and exercise medicine (fsem) uk is the governing body for the specialty of sport and exercise medicine (sem) in the uk. it is an intercollegiate faculty of the rcp and the royal college of surgeons of edinburgh. physician associates the faculty of physician associates was founded in 2015 with the collaboration of the rcp and the uk association of physician associates (ukapa). the faculty is the professional membership body for physician associates in the uk, and sets standards for the education and training of physician associates, publishes the pa national curriculum and oversees the running of the pa national certification examinations. it oversees the pa managed voluntary register. college lectures the college holds an annual lecture, commonly referred to as the lumleian lectures, which were named in honour of lord lumley and established as part of the lumleian trust. the trust and lectures were established in 1582 by richard caldwell, a former president of the college. the subject matter of the lectures was initially in surgery, which was later changed to in medicine. the first lecture was given by richard forster, and the lectures continue to today. other annual lectures are the croonian lecture, the goulstonian lecture, the bradshaw lecture and the milroy lectures. once a year, traditionally on st luke's day (18th october), a fellow is appointed to deliver the harveian oration to the assembled college in memory of william harvey. the oration seeks to honour the founders and benefactors of the college and encourage a spirit of experimentation amongst the members. awards the bisset hawkins medal is a triennial award founded in 1899 in honour of francis bisset hawkins, a fellow of the college, to recognise work done in the preceding ten years in advancing sanitary science or promoting public health. the baly medal is a biennial award, founded by a gift from frederick daniel dyster (1809?–93) received in 1866, confirmed by deed 1930 – in memory of william baly: £400 to provide a gold medal for the person deemed to have most distinguished himself in the science of physiology, especially during the previous two years.