1974/1975: Indian Health Service implements the Pharmacist Practitioner Training Program which trains pharmacists to do physical assessments and manage certain chronic diseases. Reference.

1974: The National Institute of Health Clinical Center Pharmacy Department establishes a post-graduate residency program in pharmacy and publishes the “Parenteral Drug Information Guide,” which is the first text in the country to provide original research work on the compatibility and chemical stability of drugs used in injectable additive programs. Reference.

1975: RADM Edgar Duncan becomes the first African-American and the first pharmacist to be promoted to the rank of Assistant Surgeon General within the United States Public Health Service Reference

1976: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launches the first major national wide immunization program to protect every man, woman, and children from influenza. Pharmacists are tapped to play a role in the immunization program. Reference 1 / Reference 2.

1976: LT James Moore and LT Ezeqiel Mendietta are deployed to assist in the recovery from the Guatemalan Earthquake, which kills more than 20,000 people. Reference.

1979: Commissioned Officer Arthur Watanabe is the first pharmacist to train as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reference.

1979: Jere E. Goyan is the first pharmacist to serve as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 1979 to 1981. His tenure at FDA included identification of “the emerging link between toxic shock syndrome and the Rely tampon and the agency’s response, an attempt to make patient package inserts compulsory, and an investigation of widespread polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination of livestock and feed.” Reference