Nadja West started out as an orphan adopted into a family with 12 children. Today she is the top doctor in the U.S. Army, the first black Army Surgeon General, and the highest-ranking female graduate of West Point.

Lt. Gen. Nadja West, U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General of U.S. Army Medical Command

Interviewer: Ellen McGirt, Fortune

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