US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

Dr. Rachel Levine is the first transgender to be appointed as a four-star officer, Assistant Secretary of US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, for the first time in the country's history. Dr. Levine is already the "highest-ranked" transgender official in the United States, having been nominated by President Joe Biden. During her "swearing-in speech" on October 19, she called the event "historic" and "momentous."