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- I'm Lieutenant Colonel Marilyn Perry

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and I'm a medical doctor in
the United States Air Force.

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When I graduated from
medical school 30 years ago,

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some of sub-specialties,

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women were not apt to going
into now they're more encouraged

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but at the time they were
much more open in the military

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than they were in the civilian
sector to those specialties.

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I mean if I look back on
it, its quite a script

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I've done a lot of different things

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that I didn't expected to do.

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But now most of the medical schools,

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about 51% of their classes are women.

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When I graduated it was 10%.

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So I think it's a very bright future

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for providers, especially women providers

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because they can literally
do anything they want.

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I think it's very meaningful,
especially for women

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for the future and the future of medicine

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but it's actually good for everybody,

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because you get the best talent.

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I would say to any of
the hard chargers now

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don't let anybody dissuade
you from what you wanna do

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'cause it will eventually work itself out.