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History of the brody school of medicine 1965 north carolina general assembly authorizes east carolina college to establish a school of medicine 1967 east carolina university awarded university status by the state legislature 1969 general assembly appropriates addition planning and development funds for the medical school. Brody school of medicine at east carolina university is a 40 year old medical school with a strong primary care orientation the school established a three fold mission in 1974 that continues to serve as a guiding framework for our overall educational efforts to increase the supply of primary care physicians to serve the state. In time east carolina university was authorized to establish a health affairs division as a foundation for a medical program and then a one year medical school whose participants completed their medical education at the university of north carolina chapel hill. The school opened in 1909 with 123 students and 11 faculty members ectts offered two year teaching certificates or a one year program for rural teachers over three quarters