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2006 MATCH PERFORMANCE - NUMBER OF IMGS MATCHING INCREASES

For the fourth consecutive year, the number of first year (PGY-1)
residency positions offered through the Match increased.

A total of 21,659 first year positions were offered in the 2006 Match, held earlier
this month. This represents an increase of 205 positions compared to last year and an increase of 1,057 positions since 2002.

The number of IMGs who matched to first year positions increased by 152,
compared to 2005. Of the 8,877 IMGs who participated in the 2006 Match,
4,382(49.4%) matched.
In the 2005 Match, 4,230 (55.3%) IMG participants were matched to first year positions.

There was an increase in the number of matches for both U.S. citizen
IMGs and IMGs who are citizens of other countries.

Of the 6,442 IMG participants who were not U.S. citizens, 3,151 (48.9%)
obtained first year positions. The number of non-U.S. citizen IMGs who
obtained positions in 2006 increased by 64 compared to last year. This
is the fifth consecutive year that there has been an increase in the
number of non-U.S. citizen IMGs matching to first year positions.

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