Hundreds of previous recipients will receive nothing at all, she said.

Of the previous recipients, 330 are men and 104 are women.

Previous recipients are not eligible to apply for another award.

Very few of these medals have been presented, and all previous recipients were physicians.

Any nomination must also be measured against the standard achieved by the previous recipients.

Previous recipients (before September 2011) need to sign up on the new list to receive updates.

Previous recipients include many well-known professionals in a wide variety of fields.

It meets twice a year to consider new applications and review progress from previous recipients.

The committee consists of all previous recipients of the award.

Previous recipients were onstage, and each sang a different Mercer standard.