Health care officials share thoughts on first vaccine doses distributed in Mid-South First vaccine doses distributed in Mid-South By Joyce Peterson | December 14, 2020 at 10:29 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 12:42 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The first shot of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine was administered on Monday to a nurse in Queens, New York as the U.S. surpassed 300,000 virus-related deaths. “We’re feeling great,” said FedEx Executive Vice-President Richard W. Smith. “Distribution has gone very smoothly this morning. All of us at FedEx are immensely proud to be a part of this historic moment.” FedEx "confident" in plan to deliver COVID-9 vaccine to the country