Abstract
The production of fully trained family physicians in the United States began in 1969 with 15 pilot family practice residency programs.1 There were 1754 residents in training in 164 approved programs by 1973,2 and these numbers passed 7000 in 386 programs only eight years later in 1981. The number of residents in family practice residency programs surpassed 10,000 in 1996 with a total of 10,102 in 452 programs.3 By 1996 each state, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico had at least one family practice residency.4 The number of family practice residencies and residents peaked in 1998 at 475 programs of 10,687 residents.3 By July 2001, 63,930 physicians had completed family practice residency programs since 1970.5
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