Woman in high places.(Joanna Flynn)

Australian Doctor,  April, 2007  by Wiseman, Heather

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By Heather Wiseman

Few have anything bad to say about Dr Joanna Flynn -- GP and president of both the Australian Medical Council and the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria. But don't think that makes her a pushover.

FOR most GPs, influential health bureaucrats don't have faces. For Dr Joanna Flynn, some do. They have ears too.

At a time when health care registration and accreditation is facing a huge shake-up, this Melbourne GP happens to be president of both the Australian Medical Council and the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria. She's perfectly positioned to ...

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