The special adviser to the CMP is a new initiative. I think it was created in November 2008. My understanding of the role is that it is to deal with non-clinical issues only, such as education and training. They have done initiatives like this in the past. After our report in 2002, two special advisers were appointed and it went nowhere; nobody knew that they were around. They had an OSI steering committee, which didn't work; it fell through the cracks. I know they made that new initiative as well. So we'll see if this helps. Those are just my comments on those two initiatives right now, but we're hoping that they do reach the intent of our recommendation.
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