Before the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners, Petition for Declaratory Order, March, 2016, docket number 17.18-135726A, reportedly the first successful action relieving the physician from a voluntary agreement to lifetime advocacy with the TMF as a condition to licensure in Tennessee. This result follows similar firsts before the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners in Petitions for Declaratory Order securing an unrestricted licensure without completion of a three (3) year, ACGME approved residency [Docket No.17.18 105098J], and securing an administrative only license [Docket No. 17.18 – 0974447A]. C. J. Gideon, Jr.