President Reagan, holding a giant get-well card and a basket of cookies, walks towards a waiting helicopter on the South Lawn. Reagan was on his way to visit wife Nancy, who was recovering from breast cancer surgery at nearby Bethesda Naval Hospital.

"I've never seen this picture before -- you were holding out on me, Diana. That's a sweet picture, very sweet. -- Nancy Regan

"Mrs. Reagan had been diagnosed with breast cancer and has been successfully operated on at Bethesda Naval Hospital. There seemed something so poignant to me about this image of the President heading to the helicopter to visit the First Lady, carrying an enormous get-well card from the staff under one arm and a small basket of cookies in the other."
-- Diana Walker