World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists 50 Years

Foreword from the President of the 13th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists.- Foreword from the WFSA Hon. Secretary and the WFSA President.- WFSA 50 Years, Editorial Remarks.- The long way towards establishment of the WFSA.- With great reluctance: the American perspective on WFSA.- WFSA: Development between 1955-1972.- The World Congresses of Anaesthesiologists.- WFSA Presidential Medallion .- WFSA Regional Sections.-WFSA and the changing world: 1992-2002.-WFSA and WHO.-History of the WFSA Asian and Australasian Regional Section.-WFSA and Europe: a long but complicated relationship.-A history of international contacts of Russian Anaesthesiology.-WFSA and the Land of Rising Sun.-The South African Society of Anesthesiologists and its role in the WFSA.-Contribution of WFSA to development of practice of anaesthesia in Africa.-WFSA: educational achievements.-WFSA finances: were does the money come from and where does it go?.-WFSA: achievements and challenges.-The future of WFSA.-WFSA Statutes and Bylaws Committee: providing the framework.-WFSA Presidents biographical notes.- WFSA Archives: legacy of organized world anesthesia, origin and development.- WFSA Statutes and Bylaws (2000).-About the Contributors.-Abbreviations.-Name Index.-Editors' note.-