Reader's Digest Profiles 2005 FPOY -- Cessna and All

An estimated 10 million readers will get introduced to the 2005 Family Physician of the Year through the July Reader's Digest. "Adventures of a Country Doctor" features Richard Paris, M.D., of Hailey, Idaho, showcasing his dedication to patients, high-tech exam rooms and weekly flights over the Sawtooth Mountains to a second clinic in remote Challis, Idaho.

"He's seen us through two births, one miscarriage, multiple earaches, chickenpox, a broken wrist and rehabilitation from a serious snowmobile crash," says patient Jill Farrow. Reader's Digest makes the point Paris often treats several generations of a family over many years.

"Flying lets me reach out and care for people almost anywhere," says Paris in the story, at the controls of his Cessna 210. "And family medicine lets me do it over a long period of time. In medicine, that's unique."