Abstract
At present there is one optometrist to 12,300 population, a ratio which will decline to 1: 20,000 by the year 2001 if the three Australian schools of optometry retain their present capacity of about 35 graduates per year. In the period 1976 to 2001 there should be an average of 60 graduates a year to maintain the present ratio. Preferably there should be an average of 85 graduates a year to improve the ratio of ophthalmic practitioner (optometrist plus ophthalmologist) to population from its present 1: 9,500 to 1: 8,000. Arguments for and against establishing a fourth school are given.
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