The New England journal of medicine
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Physicians trained in foreign medical schools, including U. S. citizens, are once again playing a larger part in the provision of medical are in this country. After a decrease in the numbers of such physicians from 1977 through 1980, the number of foreign nationals entering the National Resident Matching Program increased by 312 per cent, and the number of U. ⋯ Since the number of residency positions will probably not expand to meet applicant demand, an increase in the pool of physicians with neither residency training nor licenses to practice medicine is likely. Alien foreign medical-school graduates and U. S. students who go abroad to study medicine can no longer take for granted residency training and practice in the United Stages.