National Health Service Corps: Program Unable to Meet Need for Physicians in Underserved Areas

HRD-90-128 Published: Aug 10, 1990. Publicly Released: Aug 27, 1990.

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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the decline in the number of physicians in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC).

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