National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National
Cancer Institute "We received a referral to the NIH, in June of
1981, of a patient D who, as we shall discuss, turned out to be
the first patient seen at NIH with AIDS. " Dr. Thomas Waldmann
"I made the decision that we would have to switch over to
research on this disease [AIDS] because, as every month went by,
I became more convinced that we were dealing with something that
was going to be a disaster for society." Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
What did researchers think, feel, and do when AIDS eventually
traced to a smoldering new virus that would wreak havoc
worldwide first emerged? To commemorate the twentieth
anniversary on June 5th of the first publication about AIDS, the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the launch of a
new Web site titled "In Their Own Words: NIH Researchers Recall
the Early Years of AIDS" (http://aidshistory.nih.gov). The site
features compelling stories told in the transcripts of
interviews NIH Historian Victoria A. H