To the Editor .–I read with special interest the article on "The Foreign Medical Graduate's Role in American Medicine" ( Arch Surg 107:476-482, 1973). I am writing in regard to this article as I am interested in the 20,000 young Americans who now cannot find places in American medical schools each year. My interest in this has been building over the last several years. I have been called upon to advise and assist in finding places for these young men and women from our neighboring community, as I am interested in them and willing to counsel and help them. It is a great tragedy that these young people cannot find places of admission when they are well qualified, and I find that there is a definite increase in bitterness on their part when they see foreign medical graduates practicing in this country in ever-increasing numbers. I am quite confident that if

American medical schools were to accept more qualified American students, the number of American medical graduates who cannot find places would decrease.

No Medical School for Many Americans

Key Takeaway: American medical schools were to accept more qualified American students, the number of American medical graduates who cannot find places would decrease.