European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Societies (EU.F.O.S.)--past, present and future.

The author presents the history, the current status and the future of European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Societes. The new European Confederation (EC-ORL/HNS), a scientific and educational organization will be devoted to the advancement of science, research and education on ORL, promote, co-orrdinate and unify the advancement of ORL-HNS in Europe, organize and co-ordinate high quality training and exchange programmes and represent ORL-HNS in general.