11.   Though all have advanced degrees, Fleming is the only physician and is viewed by agency insiders as the most likely candidate to become interim director.

12.   However, Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., the only physician in the Senate and a close Bush ally, announced his support Wednesday for federal funding.

13.   Nielsen said she had had mixed feelings about leaving behind the scientists and workers in her care as the only physician on duty there.

14.   Shemenski, the only physician at Amundsen-Scott, has been suffering from gallstones and pancreatitis.