The first cancer patient seen in your facility on January 1, 2008, was diagnosed with colon cancer, with no known history of previous malignancies. Th eaccession number assigned to this patient is

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The first two digits of the accession number represent the year the patient was first seen, which is 2008 in this case. The third and fourth digits represent the sequence number of the patient seen in that year, starting with 0001. Since this was the first patient seen in 2008, the sequence number would be 0001, making the accession number 2008-0001. The last two digits represent the number of specimens collected for that patient, which would be 00 if the patient only has one biopsy specimen collected, as in this case. Therefore, the correct accession number assigned to this patient would be 2008-0001/00, making the best choice for the answer C.

The First Cancer Patient Seen in Your Facility on January