A physician assistant (PA) is a mid-level medical practitioner who works under the supervision of a licensed doctor (an MD) or osteopathic physician (a DO). The physician assistant came about in the 1960s as a response to the need for more clinicians (there was a shortage of family physicians) and better access to health care. The first PA program [..]

Term used as a title for subordinates of the command staff positions. In some cases, assistants are also assigned to unit leader positions in the planning, logistics, and finance/administration sectio [..]

mid-15c., "helpful, of assistance," from Middle French assistent (see assistant (n.)).

mid-15c., assistent "one who helps or aids another," from Middle French assistent, adjective and noun, properly present participle of assister (see assist (v.)).

a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish th [..]

a helper; someone who serves in a shop

(n) a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose(adj) of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

Person at a dog show who helps the handler care for the handler's dogs, prepare the dogs for the ring, and show the dogs.

A person who works under the supervision of the pyrotechnic operator.

Individuals who assist the Dentist or the Dental Hygienist.

Persons academically trained to care for Patients with Eye Diseases or structural defects of the eye, under the supervision of an ophthalmologist.

Persons academically trained to provide medical care, under the supervision of a Physician, to Infants and Children.

Persons who, under the supervision of licensed Physical Therapists, provide Patient treatment using various PHYSICAL THERAPY THECHNIQUES.

Health professionals who practice Medicine as members of a team with their supervising Physicians. They deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse Populations in rural and urban [..]

Assistants to a Veterinarian, biological or biomedical Researcher, or other scientist who are engaged in the care and management of Animals, and who are trained in basic principles of Animal Life proc [..]

Person at a dog show who helps the handler care for the handler's dogs, prepare the dogs for the ring, and show the dogs.