UpdatedMon, Dec 14, 2020 at 9:44 pm ET Reply Shawn Hendricks, nursing director at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, was the first to receive the coronavirus vaccine in the 13-facility University of Maryland health care system. (Photo courtesy of University of Maryland Medical System) Two physicians, one nurse, a respiratory therapist and an environmental service worker were the first five employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from the University of Maryland Medical System. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images) BALTIMORE, MD — A Baltimore County resident was the first employee in the University of Maryland Medical System to receive the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus.