The Selective Service has been updating its contingency plans for a military draft of doctors, nurses and other health care workers in case of a national emergency. This according to the New York Times. The Times has obtained a secret report written this summer that described how such a draft might work, how to secure compliance and how to mold public opinion and communicate with health care professionals. While the Secret Service is updating its plans for a specialized draft, the Bush administration continues to say there is no chance the draft will be reinstated. A Pentagon spokesperson said, “A return to the draft is unthinkable. There will be no draft.” A recent article in The Wisconsin Medical Journal, published by the state medical society, quoted a senior physician in the Army National Guard, who said “It appears that a general draft is not likely to occur. A physician draft is the most likely conscription into the military in the near future.”