 Currently, RANZCO participates alongside the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO), the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), the Vision2020Australia Global Consortium and the Commonwealth Eye Health Consortium.On 23 March 1938, 20 ophthalmologists from various states gathered in Sydney to form the Ophthalmological Society of Australia of the British Medical Association, with Sir James Barrett as its first President.Prior to this, the Intercolonial (later Australasian) Medical Congresses had provided the only vehicle for Australian ophthalmologists to meet and exchange professional ideas.