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It is directed by Dr. [[Rafael Matesanz]].
 
After the creation of the ONT in 1989, [[Spain]] went from 14 donors per million population (pmp) to 35.1 donors pmp in 2005, and 35.3 in 2011, and 40.2 in 2015<ref>http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20160823/espana-lider-mundial-trasplantes-24-ano-consecutivo/1390160.shtml</ref>. That means, to change from ranking in intermediate-low positions in donation rates in Europe, to have by large the highest rate not just in Europe, but also worldwide.
 
To carry out these tasks, it functions as a technical operative unit that adhering to the principles of cooperation, efficacy, and solidarity, fulfils its mission of coordinating the activities of donation, extraction, preservation, distribution, exchange, and [[Organ transplant|transplant]]ation of organs, tissues and cells throughout the whole Spanish Health Care System, itself distributed along the [[autonomous communities of Spain]].