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Diversifying the Federal Family Medicine Physician Workforce

Lisa M. Harris and Christina Kelly
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine February 2023, 36 (1) 200-202; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.220414R0
Lisa M. Harris
From the Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (LMH, CK).
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Christina Kelly
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