Overall, I think my family doctors (didn't have a "pediatrician") did a thorough job. Though no DRE or physical genital exam. Only really a check for hernia. Vision was only an eye chart. Vision exams were more elaborate with my employer's health services dept.
My employer's plant physicians over the years were very thorough with annual physicals. Though over time, they cut back. Typically, it was a 2 day exam, where you had all of your tests by the nurse on the 1st day, and were physically examined by the doctor on the 2nd day, which was a week or so apart, awaiting blood and urine results.
When i was 1st employed, on the 1st day, the nurse tested you for various elements of vision, the glaucoma poof, then hearing, lung capacity, etc. Over time, the hearing and lung tests were dropped, and their main concern was vision. They may have asked about hearing problems, problems with breathing, if you're a smoker etc.
The plant physicians seemed just as thorough as the family docs had been. Over time, the additional testicular check, where one doc would just do it, and a few subsequent docs would ask if i wanted one. Then the addition of the DRE to my annual physicals started when i was around 40.
Perhaps the most complete physical I ever had during the years of my annual employer's was the 1st year the nurse practitioner replaced a doctor. She asked if i wanted a full genital exam, and it would up being the only time i ever had one. She also did a DRE, so it was the most complete "Part 2" i've ever had
I needed a preliminary physical prior to having knee surgery 4 years ago, and by then, my employer had stopped the Day 2 physicals, urging me to actually find my own primary care physician, something i had not needed. I found a doctor close to work for convenience, and opted for a "full physical". Though genitals & hearing weren't covered. I was asked to keep coming back for more tests, sent to specialists for various tests, shit that i never heard of. When they took my blood, they drew it into a lot of test tubes to run a lot of tests.
Finally i gave up and thought it was over the top overkill, because outside of a a tendon and quads that needed to be reunited with each other, there wasn't anything wrong with me. And i didn't have that kind of time to go see all these different specialists with their specialized toys to check for different stuff.
This past Spring I had my 1st physical since then. I would say very thorough minus a genital exam. I wasn't sent out to anyone for any fancy additional stuff. Except i was sent to a kidney specialist prior to being prescribed blood pressure meds for the 1st time.
I think today, especially with the encouragement of self checks of testicles, etc, docs seem to rely on asking you if you have any issues & only examining certain areas if you express a concern. Perhaps since the default is a healthy patient, and therefore a "wellness" physical (as a fairly new term that has cropped up), they may not feel a need to examine a patient's intimate areas if they are healthy and not reporting any concerns. i justify my doc's omission of a genitals check at my most recent exam.
But I think i may ask at my next physical for a check, because a doc may notice something i wouldn't, and a dermatologist proved that by diagnosing a skin cancer i had carried around on the back of my hand for many years. I should use my med fet to encourage me to overcome the awkwardness of asking for one, because it's good to be checked out by a professional every so often for potential personal oversights. When previous docs offered the optional testicular check, sometimes i said yes, despite the fact i frequently fondled them, as did weekly/biweekly masseuses.
And on that note......