An organization, founded in 1915, which includes among its members representatives from the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, American Hospital Association, Armed Services, United States Public Health Service, and Veterans Administration. Members at large are elected from among leaders in medicine throughout the United States. The purposes of the Board are: to prepare and administer qualifying examinations of such high quality that legal agencies governing the practice of medicine within each State may, at their discretion, grant successful candidates a license without further examination; to consult and cooperate with the examining boards of the States; to consult and cooperate with medical schools and other organizations or institutions concerned with maintaining the advancing quality of medical education; to assist medical specialty boards and societies in establishing measurement of clinical knowledge and competence for purposes of certification and assessment; and to study and develop methods of testing and evaluating medical knowledge and competence.