Daniel C. William (January 22, 1946 – March 1, 2008) was one of the first openly gay physicians in the United States. Prior to the

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he helped the gay community to deal with common illnesses, especially sexually transmitted non-lethal ones. William was one of the early AIDS physicians in

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. During this early stage of the AIDS epidemic, there were no antiviral drugs available, and it had a 100% mortality rate. William was one of the first physicians to recognize a pattern of unexpected diseases among sexually active gay males. See also Gina Kolata, ''New York Times'', June 3, 1991. He treated hundreds of early AIDS victims, initially without any success.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:William, Dan 1946 births 2008 deaths Physicians from New York (state)