Dr. Gregory. I had been seeing patients in the health service at the medical school building on the morning of November 22 and was there when word was received that the President had been shot. I did not then know that the Governor had also been injured. I came to the emergency room of Parkland Hospital and upon gaining entrance to it, inquired as to whether or not Mr. Kennedy's wounds were of a nature that would require my assistance.
I was advised that they were not. I then took a number of persons from the emergency room area with me away from it in order to reduce the confusion, and I went to the orthopedic ward on the fifth floor west of Parkland Hospital. After attending some of the patients on that ward, I was preparing to leave the hospital and went by the operating room area to see whether or not I could be of any other assistance, and was apprised then that a page was out for me. At that time Dr. Shaw advised me that Governor Connally had been wounded and that among his wounds were those to the right forearm and the left thigh. He had asked that I stay and attend those wounds after he had completed care of the Governor's chest wound.
Mr. Specter. At approximately what time did you have that conversation with Dr. Shaw?
Dr. Gregory. To the best of my knowledge, that conversation must have been about between 1 and 1:15 in the afternoon of November 22.
Mr. Specter. And that conversation was with Dr. Shaw?
Dr. Gregory. Dr. Robert Shaw.
Mr. Specter. Now, what part did Dr. Robert Shaw have in the treatment of Governor Connally in a general way?
Dr. Gregory. Well, Dr. Robert Shaw attended the most serious wound that the Governor sustained, which was one to his right chest, and it was his operation which took precedence over all others.
Mr. Specter. And, was that operation completed before your operation commenced?
Dr. Gregory. Yes; Dr. Shaw's operation had been completed before we even arranged the Governor's right arm and left thigh for definitive care.