To the Editor. —The article by Stimmel 1 underscores our present and potentially worsening crisis in supply of US medical school graduates choosing to be primary care physicians. As pointed out last year in an article that dealt with specialty mix and health status, a primary care system is the foundation of health care in other nations of the developed world. 2 Our subspecialty-dominant system is top-heavy, with a poor primary care base. Stimmel mentioned some of the causes of the shrinking primary care residency applicant pool—perceived poorer monetary, prestige, and life-style rewards. These same factors have been well-documented in other forums, 3,4 as roots of discontent with primary care are explored. A major difference between the recent article by Stimmel and prior articles is that he included one important component of the solution—strengthening the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). I firmly believe that curricular, life-style, and back-end monetary redresses