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Physicians completing residency in the state are not practicing in needed locations or specialties. 2009 physicians graduated from NC residency programs in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 for specialties identified as being in shortage by the NC General Assembly*. 853 (42%) were in practice in NC five years after graduation. 65 (3%) were in practice in rural NC counties five years after graduation. Of those, 12 (0.6%) were in family medicine, 4 (0.2%) were in general pediatrics, 4 (0.2%) were in general surgery, 4 (0.2%) were in general internal medicine, 4 (0.2%) were in ob/gyn, 12 (0.6%)** were in psychiatry and 14 (0.7%) were in other specialties*. *North Carolina Session Law 2017-57, Section 11J.2. Includes anesthesiology, neurology, neurological surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, family medicine, internal medicine, internal medicine/pediatrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, surgery, and urology. **Central Regional Hospital and affiliated state psychiatric facilities are located in Granville County, which is a nonmetro county. At least 6 of these psychiatrists were employed by the state in Granville County. Source: NC Health Professions Data System, with data derived from the North Carolina Medical Board.