Dr. Chen--who is 40 and graying--stepped up to the podium with the medal on his chest and said, "To 'treat the sick, heal the spirit and tend the nation' has been my ambition since my student days. The DOH sent me as a representative to Africa to improve national and regional health care. I have thus been able to put this ideal into practice."
年方四十，卻已白髮斑斑的陳志成上台致詞時說：「醫人、醫心、醫國，是我學生時代立下的志向，衛生署派任我為非洲代表，使我能向提升整個國家、地區醫療衛生環境的目標邁進，實踐『醫國』的理想。」