dr. sarno. so dr. maixner, and then ms. veasley and dr. sarno down here on the end. there you go. we welcome dr. william maixner. dr. maixner is the director for the center of neurosensory disorders for the university of north carolina at chapel hill. dr. maixner comes to us today with specific experience in pain management research. he has developed an oral facial pain management program at chapel hill. kristen veasley the director of the national vulvodynia association. recently she was appointed to search on the pain research coordinating committee at nih. the committee was created to coordinate pain research facilities across the federal government. and next we have dr. john sarno, a professor of rehabilitation medicine at new york university medical center and practitioner at rusk institute of rehabilitative medicine. dr. sarno, the author of four books on pain will share his work with respect to treating chronic pain. so i thank all of you for coming here. your statements will be made a part of the record in their entirety. and i ask you if you could sum up in five or seven minutes. there is probably a little