From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: victorthecleaner@gmail.com   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   On Dec 16, 9:46apm, Merrick Baldelli  wrote:   
   > On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:58:36 -0700, Anim8rFSK    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >> a a a aActually I believe it had been covered ad nausea prior by even   
   > >> Roddenberry himself during cons. aMcCoy never attended Starfleet   
   > >> Academy, getting his commission from his doctorate in medicine after   
   > >> the fact. a   
   >   
   > >> a a a aWhile I wasn't able to find the necessary archives I had Okuda   
   > >> and Asherman both made references of this from the various cons that   
   > >> Roddenberry played Q&A at after the fact in their books.   
   >   
   > >Okay, so off-screen, but nothing on-screen right?   
   >   
   > a a a a I strongly believe there's a reference in TOS where McCoy or   
   > Kirk or someone said that McCoy never attended Starfleet. aBut I'll be   
   > go to hell if I can actually remember which episode or even when it   
   > was said... aIt was just one of those tidbits that seems to have   
   > gotten locked up in my brain given that Kelley was the epitome of   
   > Southerner in my book.   
   So Souterners don't attend military academies? Surely, you must be   
   joking...   
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