This part 1 of an incredible episode with John McAdory where he shares his entire CRA journey, from the very beginning to where he is today as Vice President of a biopharmaceutical company. He talks about his early pre-med dreams and how he stumbled upon the CRA role after determining that medical school was no longer his path. He discusses life as a CRA (including some of the rewards and challenges), his career after monitoring, and his secrets for how he was able to achieve his success of going from CRA to VP.