October 2004 is Record-breaking Month For National Health Museum Web Site

Access Excellence @ The National Health Museum (AE), the award-winning Web site for health and life science teachers and learners, earned the largest monthly audience in its history in the month of October 2004. More than 935,000 individual visits were logged on to the site and nearly 9.2 million "hits" sustained during this month alone.

"AE's continued preeminence in the health science education arena is solid evidence of its value to teachers and students across the United States," said NHM President J. Mark Dunham. "We could not be more pleased with its performance of this key NHM educational initiative."

The site has seen a monthly traffic increase of more than 15% in hits and 18% in visits in the past year. AE currently ranks in the top two percent of all Web sites to which other sites are linked and has been recognized by the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Education for general excellence. The site has received dozens of awards for content including Encyclopedia Britannica's "Best of the Web," Lycos' "Top Five Percent" and Health Explorer's "Best Site." Originally established in 1994, AE began its service as a National Health Museum program in 1999.