motto guiding Sandra Mitchell, 1996-1997 presi¬ dent of the American Medi¬ cal Association (AMA) Alli¬ ance, it's this: education leads to action. For this reg¬ istered nurse and Kansas City, Mo, resident, that's been her aim throughout 26 years of Alliance involvement. "I feel that my greatest gain from involvement in the Alliance at the county, state, and national levels has been the amount of education I've re¬ ceived and how I've been able to trans¬ late that into community action," said Mitchell, who will bring this enthusiasm for education to the task of leading a national organization ofmore than 55 000 physicians' spouses.