The history of AAP began in 2009, when two major pharmacy cooperatives – United Drugs of Phoenix, Arizona, and Associated Pharmacies, Inc., of Scottsboro, Alabama – joined forces to form one of America’s largest and most comprehensive independent pharmacy organizations. American Associated Pharmacies (AAP) is a member-owned cooperative that prides itself on providing the most progressive, effective, and forward-thinking programs and services designed to put profit back in the independent pharmacy.