8 THE FOUNDING AND EARLY YEARS ACOFP’s regional meeting philosophy was evidenced by the different venues chosen for meeting sites. Although the first meeting was held in Des Moines, later gatherings were held in Sequoyah State Park, Western Hills Resort, Oklahoma. Later still, the meeting was held in Detroit, Michigan. Usually, the group met over the July 4 holiday so that the physicians could bring their families. The early meeting attendees came from all corners of the United States, and several times the large number of members descending on small communities caused sellout conditions at local hotels. These midyear conferences were well attended and attracted an average of 150 participants at each function (Forum, December 1957, p. 22). The success of these national conferences prompted many ACOFP divisional societies to sponsor their own educational conferences. The state conferences also began to be well attended. ACOFP marked this development as a substantial success with regard to its educational aims (Forum, September 1958, p. 27). The first ACOFP medical education meeting in Iowa was divided into three parts: MEDICAL TOPICS OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE (OMM) HYPNOSIS
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