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Page 1860 1 A Dr. Conanan was his family doctor, and 2 treated him both as an outpatient and as an inpatient 3 on two occasions. 4 Once the diagnosis was established, I, for 5 all intents and purposes, became his primary care 6 doctor. 7 Q And, Doctor, was the reason for that 8 because you are primarily responsible for the practice 9 of the treatment of people with cancer? 10 A That is correct. In this day and age we 11 look at ourselves as being primary care doctors and as 12 subspecialists, but the oncologists, for all intents 13 and purposes for most of their patients really is the 14 primary care doctor. 15 And most of the things that happened to Mr. 16 Wood subsequent to his diagnosis were arranged or 17 provided by myself. 18 Q When you first met with Mr. Wood on January 19 9th of 1990, do you have a specific recollection of 20 him? 21 A Yes .