Off for a holiday at Crystal Beach, ca. 1918. From the Curtiss Flyleaf. Reproduction by permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, New York. Buffalo City Market, ca. 1918. From the Curtiss Flyleaf. Reproduction by permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, New York. Niagara Square, Buffalo, ca. 1918, From the Curtiss Flyleaf. Reproduction by permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, New York. 11 During all these years, the hospital has been a pioneer in many fields. It had the first program in the community for training resident physicians. It was the first University of Buffalo teaching hospital to agree to appoint department heads only with Medical School approval. It had the first university-affiliated nursing program, the first tumor clinic, the first and only cancer detection center, the first school of X-ray technology, the first school for dietitians, the first school of medical technology, and the first experimental surgery laboratory. The hospital’s physical growth and development have been more than matched by its increasing stature as a treatment center and an educational institution. Although many individuals made great contributions to the hospital over the last century, four in particular stand out: Dr. Walter S. Goodale, the hospital’s first superintendent; Dr. Edward J. Meyer, president of the hospital’s original board of managers, for whom the hospital was later named; Dr. David K. Miller, the consummate clinician, teacher, and researcher, who devoted most of his professional life to this hospital; and Dr. John R. Border, whose devotion to trauma care transformed the hospital into the region’s center for emergency medicine and expertise in trauma care.