▁U ro log y . ▁After ▁a ▁brief ▁appointment ▁as ▁chief ▁u ro log ist , ▁commission ed ▁by ▁the ▁Army ▁during ▁W W II , ▁at ▁the ▁U ro log y ▁Section ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 8 th ▁General ▁Hospital ▁in ▁Os aka , ▁Japan , ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁started ▁a ▁private ▁family ▁medicine ▁practice ▁in ▁Sum as , ▁Washington . ▁Here ▁they ▁built ▁the ▁practice ▁from ▁the ▁bottom ▁up , ▁with ▁E ile en ▁acting ▁as ▁a ▁phys ician ' s ▁assistant , ▁labor atory ▁and ▁x - ray ▁techn ician , ▁and ▁taking ▁care ▁of ▁the ▁fin ances . ▁Over ▁time , ▁the ▁business ▁expanded ▁and ▁the ▁hours ▁became ▁demand ing ▁so ▁they ▁decided ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁California ▁and ▁establish ▁a ▁larger ▁practice ▁with ▁more ▁phys icians , ▁n urs es , ▁and ▁dedicated ▁staff ▁in ▁Ant io ch . ▁ ▁Cont ribution s ▁to ▁medicine ▁G row ing ▁dis inter ested ▁in ▁the ▁rout ines ▁of ▁family ▁practice , ▁Jud kins ▁was ▁convinced ▁by ▁a ▁family ▁phys ician ▁friend , ▁who ▁had ▁chosen ▁to ▁purs ue ▁radi ology , ▁to ▁consider ▁gre ener ▁past ures . ▁As ▁a ▁ 4 0 - year - old ▁phys ician , ▁finding ▁a ▁res iden cy ▁was ▁prov ing ▁to ▁be ▁difficult . ▁After ▁being ▁rejected ▁from ▁May o ▁C lin ic , ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Port land , ▁Oregon ▁to ▁study ▁radi ology ▁at ▁University ▁of ▁Oregon ▁Medical ▁School ▁under ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁Dr . ▁Charles ▁T . ▁D ot