1. The presidential medal is passed from outgoing President James Martin, M.D., of San Antonio to incoming President Michael Fleming, M.D., of Shreveport, La., during the installation of officers Oct. 3.

2. A spot on the convention center floor, a patch of sunlight and his PDA are all that Mark Hester, M.D., of Charlotte, S.C., needs to catch up on business.

3. With the help of an instructor, Ralph Rittenhouse, M.D., of Kingwood, Texas, left, practices for the computerized version of the American Board of Family Practice recertification exam.

4. The AAFP Foundation is $7,200 richer courtesy of foundation auction participants who paid to see certain heads shaved onstage: namely, those of Daniel Van Durme, M.D., left, of Tampa, Fla., a foundation trustee; and Kenneth Evans, M.D., right, of Stillwater, Okla., foundation president; and Neil Brooks, M.D., not pictured, of Vernon Rockville, Conn., also a foundation trustee.

5. Grammy Award winner Kenny Loggins rocks and rolls and woos the audience at the Assembly Celebration.

6. Moments before the official start of the Fun Run on Oct. 4, runners pause for a rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

7. Dayton Kobayashi, M.D., of Colorado Springs, Colo., examines Mary Jo Jacobs, M.D., of Denver during a slit-lamp procedural skills workshop.

8. This is how an owl talon feels on human skin! Kids enrolled in the AAFP Youth Program get some hands-on experience at the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center in New Orleans.