I wonder if you have ever given any thought to the extent of the preparations involved when the President of the United States makes a visit to a local community? A former agent with the FBI tells about some of those preparations. “A team of Secret Service personnel checks out every building along the route he will travel and near every place he will be appearing,” he says. “They go over each building with a fine toothcomb from roof to basement in their efforts to prepare for his safety. We often refer to people like [this] as ‘advance persons.’ They work invisibly behind the scenes to make sure that everything is ready for the big event that is about to take place.” (1)

Advance people or advance men are very important to any well-known person who moves from town to town.

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