On this day in 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its inaugural flight.
Pediatrics is a collaborative specialty -- pediatricians work with other medical specialists and healthcare professionals to provide for the health and emotional needs of children. Education:
All major specialties in medicine have boards of certification to assess and ensure a physician's competence within a given field of medicine. Those wishing to become pediatric oncologists must first pass board examinations in general pediatrics, after fulfilling their residency requirement. Certification in pediatric oncology requires a second set of board examinations, administered jointly by the boards of pediatrics and internal medicine.