Palmer, Michael. The First Patient.(Brief article)(Book review)

Palmer, Michael. The First Patient. St. Martin's. Feb. 2008. c.384p. ISBN 978-0312-34353-8. $25.95. F

The personal physician of U.S. President Andrew Stoddard has disappeared, and as a temporary replacement Stoddard calls on Naval Academy classmate and old friend Gabe Singleton, who reluctantly accepts and leaves his Wyoming practice for what he hopes will be only a brief period. Arriving in Washington, Singleton quickly sinks deep into both politics and the realization that all is not right with the President's mental health. Gabe's investigation leads him into a …