Olympic Games Australia and Europe). The coloured version of the rings—blue, yellow, black, green, and red—over a white field forms the Olympic flag. These colours were chosen because every nation had at least one of them on its national flag. The flag was adopted in 1914 but flown for the first time only at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It has since been hoisted during each celebration of the Games. The Olympic motto, "Citius, Altius, Fortius", a Latin expression meaning "Faster, Higher, Stronger" was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 and has been official since 1924. The motto was
Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research one facing behind is out of view) represent Supremacy and Invincibility. The wheel implies relentless Activity, Indefatigability and eternal Creativity. The Caduceus of Hermes consisting of a staff of Aesculapius with two snakes entwined about it, topped by a pair of wings represents the universal insignia of the medical profession. "Citus" (faster, swifter, second to none), "Altius" (soaring high), and "Fortius" (braver, stronger, robust and invincible) are an adaptation from the Olympic motto. In 1958, to provide a solution to healthcare problems in western Odisha, the then Chief Minister of Odisha, Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab, took the decision to set up