Each month AAO-HNS highlights memorable moments in the history of the Academy.
1903
Transactions from the Annual Meetings in 1896 and 1897 were collected, preserved, and disseminated. Beginning in 1903, these papers were released in a bound, hardcover collection as The Transactions of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology.
1975
Transactions was separated into two publications, one for ophthalmology and one for otolaryngology.
1977
The otolaryngology version was retitled to Otolaryngology.
1981
The journal's name was changed to its present title, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, concurrent with the formal name change of the Academy.