 This year, more than any other, the visibility of family doctors around the world is clear. Family doctors have risen to the challenge of this terrible tragedy, resulting from COVID-19, by providing testing, screening, triage and other services, whilst continuing to provide undisrupted treatment of their patients, many with chronic diseases. I'm proud to be president of an organization that reflects the skills, empathy and humanity required in these frightening and threatening circumstances. I take the opportunity of World Family Doctor Day to reach out to each and every family doctor across the globe to say thank you for stepping up and thank you for sharing the burden of dealing with this global tragedy. Over the past few weeks, we have been holding regular webinars on issues relating to COVID-19. They are being streamed live on Zoom and Facebook and can be viewed later on YouTube and on Youku for our Chinese colleagues. The numbers of family doctors participating in these webinars is evidence of the desire of family doctors to have reputable sources for information and sharing of challenges and practices. There's so much good work going on in every region. For family doctors around the world, the management of clinical uncertainty is in our DNA. It is what we do, day in and day out for patients who present with unspecific signs and symptoms. It is in part because of our ability to manage clinical uncertainty, that we are well adapted to cope in times of acute uncertainty such as this. Our training and our day-to-day practices have also taught us that we work well in teams with our other healthcare colleagues. As well as celebrating World Family Doctor's Day, we also celebrate our colleagues who help and support the delivery of good quality primary healthcare. While the response has been magnificent of family doctors globally to the challenge of COVID-19, we should not forget that our patients will continue to have the usual range of illnesses and diseases. Some new, some chronic, some easy to treat, and others much less so. Many may be ill-defined, some will be terminal. Those are the patients we see every day and they will continue to need us irrespective of the tragedy that is playing out on a daily basis around them and around the world. Our communities depend on us, so we will continue this year as never before to deliver healthcare to our patients in different, sometimes innovative ways to meet the demands and restrictions placed on communities for their own safety. As ever, we are the first in and last out professional group, serving our patients as best we can. Do the best you can for your patients. We should stand proud of your contribution to tackling this world crisis. May we all proceed with wisdom and grace.