Whoâs getting stuck first? Vaccine details still unclear as NC hospitals receive first shipments An Atrium Health employee prepares to administer the first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in North Carolina on Monday, December 14, 2020. (Source: Atrium Health) By Nick Ochsner | December 15, 2020 at 1:32 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 6:27 PM Just before noon Monday, Dr. Katie Passaretti stood still while a nurse stuck a needle in her arm and injected a dose of cold liquid. Then Passaretti, the medical director of infection prevention at Atrium Health in Charlotte, stood in front of a cell phone and made a video. âSo I just got my first COVID vaccine, the first one at Atrium,â Passeretti, donning clear protective eyeglasses and a teal face mask, told the camera. âIt feels perfectly fine.â