As this was the 'Games of the New Millennium', there was a major reevaluation on how to present the Olympics, which included the ceremonies. In regards to the Protocol of the ceremony, there had been no major changes in the ceremony format after Rome 1960 where the Olympic Anthem was sung, and a minor change with the symbolic release of doves starting at Lillehammer '94. This was the first ceremony which re-ordered the Olympic Protocol section so to have the lighting of the cauldron at the end of the ceremony, rather than having it in the middle of the protocol section. This format and ordering has been the groundwork for all Olympic opening ceremonies after 2000.