Founded in 1968, the American Society of Hospital Attorneys of the American Hospital Association is the country's oldest and largest association of attorneys specializing in hospital and health law. It is a measure of the rapid growth of this legal specialty that although the Society only recently held its Eleventh Annual Meeting, it has over 2100 active duespaying members on its rolls. The Board of Directors' continues to seek out as new members all attorneys who act as general or special counsel to hospitals or who have demonstrated substantial interest in the field of hospital law in some other capacity.