A few weeks back, I spent a morning doing rounds with a group of pediatric residents in the postpartum unit at Franciscan St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis. The photos were for a story in the Desert News looking at the shortage of primary-care physicians – which include family doctors, general internists and pediatricians – in the United States. The supply of primary-care physicians is so low the average wait time for an appointment is nearly two months.
![Gerold Butler, Ninah Clegg, Evan Catteron](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160428FamilyMedicineDoctors0041.jpg)
![Ryan Taylor](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160428FamilyMedicineDoctors0029.jpg)
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