As we look at a well-designed plant or office building, at a delicate instrument, or a huge machine, and as we read and think about production, sales records, and the tremendous sources and potentialities of energy and power, isn't it thrilling and a bit comforting to realize that the individual employee is the most important component in this whole picture? Human beings-like you and me-plan, produce, and operate these wonders and keep them functioning. As we look a bit closer, isn't it satisfying to know that everyone in the nursing profession, and particularly those of us in the industrial branch of nursing, play a vital part in promoting and maintaining the physical and mental health and, therefore, the effectiveness of this most important component of industry-the individual worker?