I was very excited and pleased when I received my October 1977 issue of Pediatrics and found a supplement on primary care. However, with much disappointment I found that the articles included were, at best, focused on very narrow areas in pediatrics and, at worst, completely irrelevant to the current issues faced by primary care pediatricians in this country. The precise definition of primary care has been a difficult problem. One operative definition is a system of health care that provides for unselected problem care; comprehensive care; entry point care; preventative care; ambulatory care; and majority care.1