Any errors that occurred on my watch were committed in our quest for accuracy. However, I must emphasize that "the buck stops here", and I therefore take full responsibility for all such errors. Prof. Carvalho certainly has all of the qualities needed in order to ensure the continued advancement of the Journal. Although the priorities now are different than they were in 2005, the new challenges will be no less difficult to meet. The Brazilian community of pulmonologists has a duty to lend its full support to the new Editor-in-Chief. That support should primarily take the form of the submission of excellent scientific manuscripts, which will result in ever higher and more impressive impact factors! I am extremely grateful to my fellow pulmonologists for having given me the opportunity to play a role in this mission. All that remains now is the "happy ending" of my own projects and the beginning of an era of ongoing success for the Brazilian Journal of Pulmonology!