As a result of their enthusiastic efforts, hospital accreditation procedures and standards have become more rigorous, physician duty hours have been trimmed, hand-sanitizing gel dispensers in hospitals have multiplied and physician reimbursement has been linked increasingly with quality goals and less with the number of CT scans ordered.
But a former colleague from the postal workers' union recalls a time when Johnson wasn't quite so rigorous in his duties.
That day she and the four other equally self-assured, equally enthusiastic members of the Slumber Party Girls would resume a rigorous week of promotional duties for their newly formed pop band, followed by a long weekend of rest with their families, before returning to Los Angeles for another month of voice lessons and dance rehearsals.
Joe Cutbirth, adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University, thinks rigorous reporting is the duty of the fourth estate and the move towards "glocal" journalism is a mistake.
His second novel, Vol de nuit (1931; Night Flight), was dedicated to the glory of the first airline pilots and their mystical exaltation as they faced death in the rigorous performance of their duty.
While all of England's back line – with the exception of perhaps Glen Johnson – pay rigorous attention to their defensive duties, half-time adjustments – so long as things are still close – will likely have the biggest bearing on the final outcome.
The PAC, chaired by Labour MP Margaret Hodge, directed most of its ire on the BBC Trust, saying it had failed in one of its primary duties, ensuring the "rigorous stewardship of public money".
And he hopes Congress will do its duty to impose the rigorous supervision it rarely imposed in the Bush years.
Even the rigorous task of moving to a new duty station every few years becomes exponentially more burdensome because the partners and families of LGBT troops are not factored into the calculation of travel allowances and moving expenses.
In addition, ACGME duty hour restrictions provide a rigorous hard constraint that may have limited the improvement in the HCS.
