Established in 1978, AAST is a community of more than 2,700+ sleep-care professionals whose skills, expertise, knowledge and experience help support and improve the quality of sleep and wakefulness in all people. For sleep-care professionals technologists who seek timely and applicable sleep-related knowledge, AAST provides education, resources and collaboration with like-minded individuals to keep them abreast of the evolving sleep field. AAST members include sleep technologists, sleep managers and other health care professionals involved with sleep or the sleep field.