An unnamed medical Attache is the first victim of the entertainment in the novel. He views the cartridge on the evening of April 1, Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment at approximately 1927h. This event falls one day before his thirty-seventh birthday (33). Upon finding him in an almost vegetative state, his wife and several authorities share his fate.

The Medical Attache is a special consultant to the personal physician of Prince Q______. His medical practice generally takes him between the middle east and Montreal.

James Orin Incandenza, disguised as a professional conversationalist, implies that his wife Avril may have had sexual relations with the Medical Attache (30).

Works Cited:

Wallace, David Foster. Infinite Jest. New York: Back Bay Books, 1996.