Adjunctive therapy is very common in the treatment of mental illness. Eye glasses may be adjunct with eye exercises to improve sight problems. Radiation treatment may be adjunct with surgery for cancer patients. Occupational therapy is often used in combination with other types of adjunctive therapies. People who have been injured may have some form of physical therapy as adjunct to the care received by physicians. Occupational therapy may be adjunct to primary medical care.
The program was established by Executive Order 10924, issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961, announced by televised broadcast March 2, 1961, and authorized by Congress on September 21, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Pub.L. 87â293). The act declares the program's purpose as follows:
He challenged them to give two years of their lives â to promote world peace and friendship .â In March of 1961, Kennedy established the Peace Corps and the first group of volunteers (51 of them) went abroad to Ghana in August to teach.he latter requirement is representative of the fact that Peace Corps members commit to service for two years, not to mention the 3 months of in-country training before that, and the 9 month application period before that.