在艾滋病毒/艾滋病危机和广泛的歇斯底里症的核心，一个号码和一封信指定了旧金山总医院五楼的一个病房，这是国内第一个专门为艾滋病患者设计的病房。病房护士对人性的强调和对整体幸福的考虑是一个小小的奇迹，在灾难性的危机和随之而来的对风险和感染的恐慌中。

At the heart of the HIV/AIDS crisis and widespread hysteria, a single number and letter designated a ward on the fifth floor of San Francisco General Hospital, the first in the country designed specifically to deal with AIDS patients. The unit's nurses' emphasis on humanity and consideration of holistic well-being was a small miracle amidst a devastating crisis and the ensuing panic about risk and infection.