When I worked on the ambulance I was doing that to ‘help people’ and my goal in my career over 20 years later is still to ‘help people.’ On the ambulance and when I worked in the Emergency room I was helping people one person at a time. That was rewarding, frustrating and hard work, but well worth the time and energy. Now, I do research that has the potential to help people. I have also talked to congress and politicians and powerful physicians to develop strategies and technologies that should help people. However, I have gone from helping one person at a time to potentially helping millions. A lot like the dedicated people in emergency services there are equally dedicated research people working very hard to ‘help people’ on a grand scale. While it may take years, the results will be worth the wait because we will all benefit from the work of these dedicated and brilliant scientists and physicians.