As can be witnessed this thread, among many other places, people seem to be acting like this was the first face transplant ever, of course forgetting the french woman in -2005- that had dogs rip off her face and had to have a new one donated from a dead woman.

See the news article from the time here.

I mean, it's not even like no-one knew about it and it was an obscure happening, it was plastered all over the papers and it provided talking points for almost all of the quizcoms for weeks to come. It made world-wide news. ffs, it only happened approximately 3½ years ago.