The National Eye Institute (NEI) is one of the USNational Institutes of Health that was established in 1968. The mission of NEI is to prolong and protect the vision of the American people. The NEI conducts and performs research into treating and preventing various forms of eye diseases. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has a related story: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... The National Institutes of Health is an institution of the United States government which focuses on medical research. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...