You represent the largest group of healthcare professionals in the U.S. — not just the backbone of our health system, but its beating heart and caring hands.  You work in every clinical setting, from a small office in the local elementary school to the largest academic medical centers. You comfort the afflicted, bring new lives into the world, and courageously accept risks to your own well-being to provide care to all patients—regardless of health condition, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, or ability to pay.