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2 articles published in November 2026

The First ARRT Exam: 20 Essay Questions and 10 Radiographs

The First ARRT Exam: 20 Essay Questions and 10 Radiographs

Twenty essay questions. Ten required radiographs, spanning sinus to knee. In 1922, that was the examination Sister Mary Beatrice Merrigan completed for the Registry now known as the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists. She submitted her written answers and radiographic films. A few weeks later, she received her results and became ARRT’s first Registered Technologist. ARRT’s history records the milestone. For students preparing for the registry today, it offers a glimpse of how the...

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Why Rad Tech Week Includes November 8

Why Rad Tech Week Includes November 8

On November 8, 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen noticed something unexpected in his laboratory in Würzburg, Germany. He had covered an experimental discharge tube with black cardboard. Yet a nearby fluorescent screen still glowed. Something coming from the tube was passing through the covering and reaching the screen. Röntgen investigated those invisible rays. His discovery became known as X-rays and opened a new way to see inside the human body. That anniversary is why National Radiologic...

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