 In this same classification, the Victor Palmer Health Group, equipped with a solid "mother-to-child hub", gained a 5th place in the table for the gynaecological clinics and an 8th place for breast cancers.In 2005, the CHU of Amiens became of international renown thanks to Professor Bernard Devauchelle, a native of the city, where his team performed the first partial face transplant in the world.Thanks to a large proportion of youth in its population, the dynamism and the success of its sports clubs, Amiens has been awarded the title of by the "L'Equipe" newspaper in 1999.