Advance Data Tables

2021 Main Residency Match®

Definitions/Organizations..........................................................................................................................1

Table 1A. Match Summary for MD Seniors, 2021 .................................................................................2

Table 1B. Match Summary for DO Seniors, 2021 ..................................................................................4

Table 2. Matches by Specialty and Applicant Type, 2021...................................................................6

Table 3. Positions Offered in the Matching Program, 2017-2021 ......................................................8

Table 4. Applicants in the Matching Program, 2017-2021 ...............................................................10

Table 7A. Positions Offered and Number Filled by MD Seniors and All Applicants, 2017-2021....11

Table 7B. Positions Offered and Number Filled by DO Seniors and All Applicants, 2017-2021 ....13

Table 10. MD Seniors Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2017-2021...................................15

Table 11. DO Seniors Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2017-2021 ...................................16

Table 16. Number of Couples in the Match and Match Outcome, 1987-2021 ..................................17

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Definitions/Organizations
ACGME Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Active Applicant An applicant who submits a certified rank order list of programs.
All In Policy Any program registering for the Match must attempt to fill all positions through the Match or another
national matching plan.

Applicant Type The NRMP classifies applicants for the Main Residency Match into eight types:
· A 4th-year medical student in a U.S. medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on
Medical Education (LCME) with a graduation date after July 1 in the year before the Match; also
referred to as a U.S. MD senior.
· A 4th-year medical student in a U.S. medical school accredited by the Commission on Osteopathic
College Accrediation (COCA) with a graduation date after July 1 in the year before the Match; also
referred to as a U.S. DO senior.
· Previous Graduate of U.S. MD Medical School (U.S. MD Grad): A graduate of a U.S. MD school of
medicine accredited by the LCME with a graduation date before July 1 in the year before the Match.
Previous U.S. graduates are not sponsored by the medical school.
· Previous Graduate of U.S. DO Medical School (U.S. DO Grad): A graduate of a U.S. DO school of
medicine accredited by the COCA with a graduation date before July 1 in the year before the Match.
Previous U.S. DO graduates are not sponsored by the medical school.
· Student/Graduate of Canadian Medical School (Canadian): A senior student or graduate of a
Canadian school of medicine accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical
Schools (CACMS).
· Graduate of Fifth Pathway Program (5th Pathway): A graduate of a U.S. Fifth Pathway program.
· U.S. Citizen Student/Graduate of International Medical School (U.S. IMG): A U.S. citizen who
attended an international medical school.
· Non-U.S. Citizen Student/Graduate of International Medical School (Non-U.S. IMG): A non-U.S.
citizen who attended an international medical school.
In this report, applicant types are sometimes combined into a smaller number of groups.
· Independent Applicants (IA): All applicant categories excluding U.S. MD and DO seniors.
· Others: Includes Canadian and Fifth Pathway applicants.
Couple Any two applicants can register as a couple in the Match. The NRMP allows couples to form pairs of
choices on their primary rank order lists, which are considered in rank order when the matching
algorithm is processed. The couple will match to the most preferred pair of programs where each partner
has been offered a position.
PGY-1 & PGY-2 Post-graduate year one and post-graduate year two.
Program Type The NRMP classifies programs for the Main Residency Match into five types:
· Advanced (A) programs: Programs that begin in the PGY-2 year after a year of prerequisite training.
· Categorical (C) programs: Programs that begin in the PGY-1 year and provide the full training
required for specialty board certification.
· Primary (M) programs: Categorical programs in primary care medicine and primary care pediatrics
that begin in the PGY-1 year and provide the full training required for specialty board certification.
· Preliminary (P) programs: One-year programs that begin in the PGY-1 year and provide
prerequisite training for advanced programs.
· Physician (R) programs: Programs that are reserved for physicians who have had prior graduate
medical education. Reserved programs offer PGY-2 positions that begin in the year of the Match
and thus are not available to senior medical students.

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Table 1A Match Summary for MD Seniors, 2021
No. of No. of % Ranked
Applicants* Matches* Filled Positions
No. of Positions Unfilled MD MD MD MD
Specialty Programs Offered Programs Seniors Total Seniors Total Seniors Total Seniors Total
PGY- 1 Positions
Anesthesiology 159 1,460 2 1,460 2,706 1,024 1,457 70.1 99.8 15,977 23,046
Child Neurology 77 159 10 109 218 100 147 62.9 92.5 1,475 2,109
Dermatology 13 30 0 214 265 25 30 83.3 100.0 345 423
Emergency Medicine 273 2,840 9 2,081 3,734 1,765 2,826 62.1 99.5 26,746 41,202
Emergency Med-Anesthesiology 1 2 0 4 5 2 2 100.0 100.0 4 5
Emergency Med-Family Med 3 7 0 17 34 5 7 71.4 100.0 25 53
Family Medicine 729 4,823 130 1,837 7,496 1,606 4,472 33.3 92.7 23,779 62,366
Family Med-Preventive Med 2 2 0 7 13 1 2 50.0 100.0 10 16
Internal Medicine (Categorical) 607 9,024 76 4,124 13,787 3,523 8,632 39.0 95.7 51,491 09,427
Medicine-Anesthesiology 2 4 0 16 23 4 4 100.0 100.0 17 24
Medicine-Dermatology 5 8 1 27 32 7 7 87.5 87.5 67 80
Medicine-Emergency Med 12 31 0 65 122 19 31 61.3 100.0 332 492
Medicine-Medical Genetics 4 4 0 7 13 3 4 75.0 100.0 17 28
Medicine-Pediatrics 77 385 0 388 603 313 385 81.3 100.0 4,466 5,571
Medicine-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 356 1,833 79 3,347 5,640 1,210 1,639 66.0 89.4 54,107 67,561
Medicine-Preventive Med 2 5 0 25 100 2 5 40.0 100.0 27 103
Medicine-Primary 82 441 1 817 2,561 251 437 56.9 99.1 3,141 5,642
Medicine-Psychiatry 12 24 0 69 94 22 24 91.7 100.0 266 315
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 23 41 3 162 221 30 38 73.2 92.7 583 713
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 4 6 0 10 22 3 6 50.0 100.0 24 45
Neurological Surgery 115 234 0 269 402 198 234 84.6 100.0 4,312 4,960
Neurology 127 715 7 562 1,441 358 702 50.1 98.2 5,372 9,840
Obstetrics-Gynecology 279 1,460 2 1,292 2,030 1,088 1,457 74.5 99.8 15,287 20,094
OB/GYN-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 15 18 4 132 195 6 12 33.3 66.7 200 296
Orthopedic Surgery 208 868 2 934 1,289 699 866 80.5 99.8 10,093 11,955
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 4 12 4 0 18 0 3 0.0 25.0 0 29
Otolaryngology 129 350 0 454 559 310 350 88.6 100.0 5,361 5,880
Pathology 165 611 14 212 945 198 589 32.4 96.4 2,661 7,468
Pediatrics (Categorical) 222 2,901 17 1,969 3,976 1,749 2,860 60.3 98.6 25,828 39,064
Pediatrics-Anesthesiology 5 8 0 14 19 8 8 100.0 100.0 42 48
Pediatrics-Emergency Med 4 8 0 25 40 7 8 87.5 100.0 56 79
Pediatrics-Medical Genetics 20 27 2 23 44 19 25 70.4 92.6 194 254
Pediatrics-P M & R 3 2 0 9 15 2 2 100.0 100.0 16 24
Pediatrics-Preliminary 20 24 2 100 150 16 22 66.7 91.7 570 659
Pediatrics-Primary 14 75 1 368 790 39 74 52.0 98.7 556 1,054
Peds/Psych/Child Psych 9 21 0 46 62 19 21 90.5 100.0 185 210
Physical Medicine & Rehab 39 157 1 284 589 88 156 56.1 99.4 1,465 2,588
Plastic Surgery (Integrated) 85 187 0 239 329 167 187 89.3 100.0 2,719 3,047
Psychiatry 317 1,907 1 1,415 2,948 1,205 1,904 63.2 99.8 15,392 23,284
Psychiatry-Family Medicine 7 12 0 50 63 11 12 91.7 100.0 130 150
Psychiatry-Neurology 4 4 0 13 17 1 4 25.0 100.0 29 38
Radiation Oncology 7 15 1 89 124 7 12 46.7 80.0 168 225
Radiology-Diagnostic 32 122 1 615 989 71 118 58.2 96.7 1,550 2,400
Surgery (Categorical) 331 1,569 3 1,405 2,908 1,029 1,564 65.6 99.7 17,076 24,269
Surgery-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 249 1,136 145 858 1,989 272 612 23.9 53.9 6,983 11,324
Thoracic Surgery 35 46 1 89 129 43 45 93.5 97.8 832 958
Transitional (PGY-1 Only) 184 1,497 49 2,455 4,063 845 1,272 56.4 85.0 27,767 38,826
Vascular Surgery 64 79 0 94 181 65 79 82.3 100.0 1,616 1,994
Total PGY- 1 5,136 35,194 568 28,801 63,993 18,435 33,353 52.4 94.8 329,359 530,238

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Table 1A Match Summary for MD Seniors, 2021 (Continued)
No. of No. of % Ranked
Applicants* Matches* Filled Positions
No. of Positions Unfilled MD MD MD MD
Specialty Programs Offered Programs Seniors Total Seniors Total Seniors Total Seniors Total
PGY- 2 Positions
Anesthesiology 57 339 0 1,030 1,874 211 339 62.2 100.0 5,520 8,246
Child Neurology 6 8 2 39 75 1 6 12.5 75.0 48 92
Dermatology 138 477 5 517 734 382 471 80.1 98.7 4,290 5,188
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 66 121 3 179 257 97 117 80.2 96.7 1,762 2,076
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 3 4 1 6 13 1 2 25.0 50.0 10 19
Neurology 43 254 1 467 951 167 253 65.7 99.6 2,463 3,667
Nuclear Medicine 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 2
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 3 7 3 0 12 0 3 0.0 42.9 0 18
Physical Medicine & Rehab 68 327 1 302 680 167 325 51.1 99.4 2,706 4,910
Radiation Oncology 84 173 28 104 175 94 138 54.3 79.8 1,678 2,248
Radiology-Diagnostic 177 986 5 958 1,657 670 979 68.0 99.3 12,181 16,883
Radiology-Nuclear Med 2 2 0 8 22 1 2 50.0 100.0 9 26
Total PGY- 2 648 2,699 50 3,610 6,452 1,791 2,635 66.4 97.6 30,667 43,375

Physician (R) Positions**

Anesthesiology 50 94 1 0 353 0 93 0.0 98.9 0 1,126
Child Neurology 17 20 6 0 19 0 14 0.0 70.0 0 86
Dermatology 14 20 0 0 75 0 20 0.0 100.0 0 127
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0.0 100.0 0 2
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0.0 100.0 0 3
Neurology 12 21 1 0 54 0 20 0.0 95.2 0 123
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 2 2 1 0 4 0 1 0.0 50.0 0 5
Physical Medicine & Rehab 8 15 2 0 35 0 12 0.0 80.0 0 69
Radiation Oncology 5 5 2 0 9 0 3 0.0 60.0 0 11
Radiology-Diagnostic 18 31 5 0 78 0 23 0.0 74.2 0 152
Radiology-Nuclear Med 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 100.0 0 1
Total Physician (R) 131 213 18 0 632 0 191 0.0 89.7 0 1,705
GRAND TOTAL 5,915 38,106 636 32,411 71,077 20,226 36,179 53.1 94.9 360,026 575,318
* Applicants can rank multiple specialties. In 2021, 2,347 applicants matched to both PGY-1 and PGY-2 positions; Of those applicants, 1,743 were U.S.
MD seniors.

** Physician (R) positions are PGY-2 positions starting in the year of the Match that are reserved for applicants who have had prior graduate medical
education. Physician positions are not available to senior medical students. In previous Results and Data Books, the numbers of R positions were small
and they were included in the categorical position counts. In 2014, NRMP began listing R positions separately.

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Table 1B Match Summary for DO Seniors, 2021
No. of No. of % Ranked
Applicants* Matches* Filled Positions
No. of Positions Unfilled DO DO DO DO
Specialty Programs Offered Programs Seniors Total Seniors Total Seniors Total Seniors Total
PGY- 1 Positions
Anesthesiology 159 1,460 2 513 2,706 268 1,457 18.4 99.8 3,906 23,046
Child Neurology 77 159 10 24 218 18 147 11.3 92.5 271 2,109
Dermatology 13 30 0 37 265 5 30 16.7 100.0 56 423
Emergency Medicine 273 2,840 9 1,022 3,734 790 2,826 27.8 99.5 11,211 41,202
Emergency Med-Anesthesiology 1 2 0 0 5 0 2 0.0 100.0 0 5
Emergency Med-Family Med 3 7 0 12 34 2 7 28.6 100.0 22 53
Family Medicine 729 4,823 130 1,912 7,496 1,440 4,472 29.9 92.7 21,935 62,366
Family Med-Preventive Med 2 2 0 1 13 0 2 0.0 100.0 1 16
Internal Medicine (Categorical) 607 9,024 76 1,915 13,787 1,482 8,632 16.4 95.7 20,353 09,427
Medicine-Anesthesiology 2 4 0 1 23 0 4 0.0 100.0 1 24
Medicine-Dermatology 5 8 1 0 32 0 7 0.0 87.5 0 80
Medicine-Emergency Med 12 31 0 40 122 10 31 32.3 100.0 128 492
Medicine-Medical Genetics 4 4 0 0 13 0 4 0.0 100.0 0 28
Medicine-Pediatrics 77 385 0 82 603 47 385 12.2 100.0 743 5,571
Medicine-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 356 1,833 79 842 5,640 177 1,639 9.7 89.4 6,665 67,561
Medicine-Preventive Med 2 5 0 5 100 0 5 0.0 100.0 5 103
Medicine-Primary 82 441 1 283 2,561 41 437 9.3 99.1 435 5,642
Medicine-Psychiatry 12 24 0 10 94 1 24 4.2 100.0 24 315
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 23 41 3 26 221 3 38 7.3 92.7 66 713
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 4 6 0 2 22 2 6 33.3 100.0 4 45
Neurological Surgery 115 234 0 14 402 6 234 2.6 100.0 97 4,960
Neurology 127 715 7 157 1,441 107 702 15.0 98.2 1,544 9,840
Obstetrics-Gynecology 279 1,460 2 336 2,030 225 1,457 15.4 99.8 3,016 20,094
OB/GYN-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 15 18 4 13 195 1 12 5.6 66.7 21 296
Orthopedic Surgery 208 868 2 172 1,289 107 866 12.3 99.8 1,133 11,955
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 4 12 4 12 18 2 3 16.7 25.0 19 29
Otolaryngology 129 350 0 37 559 16 350 4.6 100.0 203 5,880
Pathology 165 611 14 68 945 55 589 9.0 96.4 874 7,468
Pediatrics (Categorical) 222 2,901 17 641 3,976 519 2,860 17.9 98.6 7,152 39,064
Pediatrics-Anesthesiology 5 8 0 3 19 0 8 0.0 100.0 4 48
Pediatrics-Emergency Med 4 8 0 9 40 1 8 12.5 100.0 15 79
Pediatrics-Medical Genetics 20 27 2 4 44 2 25 7.4 92.6 20 254
Pediatrics-P M & R 3 2 0 5 15 0 2 0.0 100.0 7 24
Pediatrics-Preliminary 20 24 2 11 150 1 22 4.2 91.7 29 659
Pediatrics-Primary 14 75 1 77 790 3 74 4.0 98.7 96 1,054
Peds/Psych/Child Psych 9 21 0 5 62 1 21 4.8 100.0 13 210
Physical Medicine & Rehab 39 157 1 223 589 49 156 31.2 99.4 975 2,588
Plastic Surgery (Integrated) 85 187 0 20 329 2 187 1.1 100.0 64 3,047
Psychiatry 317 1,907 1 484 2,948 332 1,904 17.4 99.8 3,998 23,284
Psychiatry-Family Medicine 7 12 0 6 63 1 12 8.3 100.0 8 150
Psychiatry-Neurology 4 4 0 2 17 2 4 50.0 100.0 6 38
Radiation Oncology 7 15 1 9 124 0 12 0.0 80.0 19 225
Radiology-Diagnostic 32 122 1 186 989 28 118 23.0 96.7 501 2,400
Surgery (Categorical) 331 1,569 3 367 2,908 228 1,564 14.5 99.7 3,270 24,269
Surgery-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 249 1,136 145 218 1,989 47 612 4.1 53.9 1,067 11,324
Thoracic Surgery 35 46 1 6 129 1 45 2.2 97.8 25 958
Transitional (PGY-1 Only) 184 1,497 49 868 4,063 302 1,272 20.2 85.0 8,927 38,826
Vascular Surgery 64 79 0 13 181 3 79 3.8 100.0 102 1,994
Total PGY- 1 5,136 35,194 568 10,693 63,993 6,327 33,353 18.0 94.8 99,031 530,238

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Table 1B Match Summary for DO Seniors, 2021 (Continued)
No. of No. of % Ranked
Applicants* Matches* Filled Positions
No. of Positions Unfilled DO DO DO DO
Specialty Programs Offered Programs Seniors Total Seniors Total Seniors Total Seniors Total
PGY- 2 Positions
Anesthesiology 57 339 0 366 1,874 69 339 20.4 100.0 1,346 8,246
Child Neurology 6 8 2 6 75 1 6 12.5 75.0 9 92
Dermatology 138 477 5 66 734 31 471 6.5 98.7 340 5,188
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 66 121 3 31 257 12 117 9.9 96.7 157 2,076
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 3 4 1 1 13 0 2 0.0 50.0 3 19
Neurology 43 254 1 119 951 27 253 10.6 99.6 388 3,667
Nuclear Medicine 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 2
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 3 7 3 7 12 2 3 28.6 42.9 12 18
Physical Medicine & Rehab 68 327 1 249 680 121 325 37.0 99.4 1,792 4,910
Radiation Oncology 84 173 28 11 175 10 138 5.8 79.8 152 2,248
Radiology-Diagnostic 177 986 5 233 1,657 143 979 14.5 99.3 2,198 16,883
Radiology-Nuclear Med 2 2 0 0 22 0 2 0.0 100.0 0 26
Total PGY- 2 648 2,699 50 1,090 6,452 416 2,635 15.4 97.6 6,398 43,375

Physician (R) Positions**

Anesthesiology 50 94 1 0 353 0 93 0.0 98.9 0 1,126
Child Neurology 17 20 6 0 19 0 14 0.0 70.0 0 86
Dermatology 14 20 0 0 75 0 20 0.0 100.0 0 127
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0.0 100.0 0 2
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0.0 100.0 0 3
Neurology 12 21 1 0 54 0 20 0.0 95.2 0 123
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 2 2 1 0 4 0 1 0.0 50.0 0 5
Physical Medicine & Rehab 8 15 2 0 35 0 12 0.0 80.0 0 69
Radiation Oncology 5 5 2 0 9 0 3 0.0 60.0 0 11
Radiology-Diagnostic 18 31 5 0 78 0 23 0.0 74.2 0 152
Radiology-Nuclear Med 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 100.0 0 1
Total Physician (R) 131 213 18 0 632 0 191 0.0 89.7 0 1,705
GRAND TOTAL 5,915 38,106 636 11,783 71,077 6,743 36,179 17.7 94.9 105,429 575,318
* Applicants can rank multiple specialties. In 2021, 2,347 applicants matched to both PGY-1 and PGY-2 positions; Of those applicants, 391 were U.S. DO
seniors.

** Physician (R) positions are PGY-2 positions starting in the year of the Match that are reserved for applicants who have had prior graduate medical
education. Physician positions are not available to senior medical students. In previous Results and Data Books, the numbers of R positions were small
and they were included in the categorical position counts. In 2014, NRMP began listing R positions separately.

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 Table 2 Matches by Specialty and Applicant Type, 2021
Number of Number MD MD DO DO U.S. Non-U.S. Number
Specialty Positions Filled Senior Grad Senior Grad Others IMG IMG Unfilled
PGY- 1 Positions
Anesthesiology 1,460 1,457 1,024 38 268 10 1 50 66 3
Child Neurology 159 147 100 1 18 0 0 6 22 12
Dermatology 30 30 25 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Emergency Medicine 2,840 2,826 1,765 62 790 31 0 143 35 14
Emergency Med-Anesthesiology 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emergency Med-Family Med 7 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Family Medicine 4,823 4,472 1,606 125 1,440 77 0 781 443 351
Family Med-Preventive Med 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Internal Medicine (Categorical) 9,024 8,632 3,523 146 1,482 63 2 1,204 2,212 392
Medicine-Anesthesiology 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medicine-Dermatology 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Medicine-Emergency Med 31 31 19 0 10 0 0 1 1 0
Medicine-Medical Genetics 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Medicine-Pediatrics 385 385 313 2 47 0 0 7 16 0
Medicine-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 1,833 1,639 1,210 21 177 0 1 85 145 194
Medicine-Preventive Med 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Medicine-Primary 441 437 251 7 41 0 0 34 104 4
Medicine-Psychiatry 24 24 22 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 41 38 30 2 3 0 0 2 1 3
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 6 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Neurological Surgery 234 234 198 11 6 2 0 6 11 0
Neurology 715 702 358 8 107 3 0 47 179 13
Obstetrics-Gynecology 1,460 1,457 1,088 40 225 16 0 54 34 3
OB/GYN-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 18 12 6 0 1 0 0 1 4 6
Orthopedic Surgery 868 866 699 40 107 12 0 5 3 2
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 12 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 9
Otolaryngology 350 350 310 17 16 1 0 2 4 0
Pathology 611 589 198 32 55 3 0 70 231 22
Pediatrics (Categorical) 2,901 2,860 1,749 31 519 7 2 223 329 41
Pediatrics-Anesthesiology 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pediatrics-Emergency Med 8 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pediatrics-Medical Genetics 27 25 19 0 2 0 0 1 3 2
Pediatrics-P M & R 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pediatrics-Preliminary 24 22 16 0 1 0 0 1 4 2
Pediatrics-Primary 75 74 39 0 3 0 0 9 23 1
Peds/Psych/Child Psych 21 21 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Physical Medicine & Rehab 157 156 88 4 49 0 0 10 5 1
Plastic Surgery (Integrated) 187 187 167 9 2 1 0 2 6 0
Psychiatry 1,907 1,904 1,205 41 332 17 0 176 133 3
Psychiatry-Family Medicine 12 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Psychiatry-Neurology 4 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Radiation Oncology 15 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
Radiology-Diagnostic 122 118 71 3 28 0 0 8 8 4
Surgery (Categorical) 1,569 1,564 1,029 133 228 18 0 83 73 5
Surgery-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 1,136 612 272 17 47 6 1 78 191 524
Thoracic Surgery 46 45 43 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Transitional (PGY-1 Only) 1,497 1,272 845 14 302 2 0 60 49 225
Vascular Surgery 79 79 65 2 3 0 0 2 7 0
Total PGY-1 35,194 33,353 18,435 806 6,327 270 7 3,152 4,356 1,841

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 Table 2 Matches by Specialty and Applicant Type, 2021 (Continued)
Number of Number MD MD DO DO U.S. Non-U.S. Number
Specialty Positions Filled Senior Grad Senior Grad Others IMG IMG Unfilled
PGY- 2 Positions
Anesthesiology 339 339 211 25 69 5 0 18 11 0
Child Neurology 8 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 2
Dermatology 477 471 382 40 31 6 0 2 10 6
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 121 117 97 3 12 0 0 2 3 4
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Neurology 254 253 167 1 27 0 1 12 45 1
Nuclear Medicine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 7 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4
Physical Medicine & Rehab 327 325 167 5 121 4 0 15 13 2
Radiation Oncology 173 138 94 5 10 2 0 5 22 35
Radiology-Diagnostic 986 979 670 41 143 4 0 37 84 7
Radiology-Nuclear Med 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total PGY-2 2,699 2,635 1,791 120 416 22 1 92 193 64
Physician (R) Positions
Anesthesiology 94 93 0 57 0 17 0 9 10 1
Child Neurology 20 14 0 5 0 3 0 2 4 6
Dermatology 20 20 0 14 0 3 0 1 2 0
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Neurology 21 20 0 3 0 2 0 4 11 1
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Physical Medicine & Rehab 15 12 0 2 0 3 0 5 2 3
Radiation Oncology 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Radiology-Diagnostic 31 23 0 16 0 2 0 5 0 8
Radiology-Nuclear Med 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Physician (R) 213 191 0 102 0 33 0 26 30 22
GRAND TOTAL 38,106 36,179 20,226 1,028 6,743 325 8 3,270 4,579 1,927

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Table 3 Positions Offered in the Matching Program, 2017 - 2021

Specialty 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
PGY-1 Positions
 Anesthesiology 1,460 4.1 1,370 4.0 1,337 4.2 1,253 4.1 1,202 4.2
 Child Neurology 159 0.5 159 0.5 145 0.5 134 0.4 128 0.4
Dermatology 30 0.1 31 0.1 30 0.1 25 0.1 26 0.1
 Emergency Medicine 2,840 8.1 2,665 7.8 2,488 7.7 2,278 7.5 2,047 7.1
Emergency Med-Anesthesiology 2 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0
Emergency Med-Family Med 7 0.0 6 0.0 4 0.0 4 0.0 4 0.0
 Family Medicine 4,823 13.7 4,662 13.6 4,107 12.8 3,629 12.0 3,356 11.6
Family Medicine-ONMM 0 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.0 0 0.0
Family Med-Preventive Med 2 0.0 3 0.0 4 0.0 3 0.0 6 0.0
 Internal Medicine (Categorical) 9,024 25.6 8,697 25.4 8,116 25.2 7,542 24.9 7,233 25.1
Medicine-Anesthesiology 4 0.0 3 0.0 5 0.0 6 0.0 6 0.0
Medicine-Dermatology 8 0.0 6 0.0 7 0.0 6 0.0 6 0.0
Medicine-Emergency Med 31 0.1 30 0.1 26 0.1 26 0.1 26 0.1
Medicine-Family Medicine 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 2 0.0
Medicine-Medical Genetics 4 0.0 4 0.0 3 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0
Medicine-Pediatrics 385 1.1 390 1.1 390 1.2 382 1.3 381 1.3
Medicine-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 1,833 5.2 1,911 5.6 1,944 6.0 1,883 6.2 1,915 6.6
Medicine-Preventive Med 5 0.0 7 0.0 6 0.0 6 0.0 8 0.0
 Medicine-Primary 441 1.3 430 1.3 396 1.2 374 1.2 341 1.2
Medicine-Psychiatry 24 0.1 23 0.1 23 0.1 24 0.1 24 0.1
 Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 41 0.1 38 0.1 37 0.1 35 0.1 29 0.1
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 6 0.0 4 0.0 4 0.0 4 0.0 3 0.0
Neurological Surgery 234 0.7 232 0.7 232 0.7 225 0.7 218 0.8
 Neurology 715 2.0 682 2.0 617 1.9 552 1.8 492 1.7
 Obstetrics-Gynecology 1,460 4.1 1,443 4.2 1,395 4.3 1,336 4.4 1,288 4.5
OB/GYN-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 18 0.1 18 0.1 18 0.1 21 0.1 23 0.1
 Orthopedic Surgery 868 2.5 849 2.5 755 2.3 742 2.5 727 2.5
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 12 0.0 10 0.0 2 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0
 Otolaryngology 350 1.0 350 1.0 328 1.0 315 1.0 305 1.1
Pathology 611 1.7 603 1.8 601 1.9 601 2.0 601 2.1
Pediatrics (Categorical) 2,901 8.2 2,864 8.4 2,847 8.8 2,768 9.2 2,738 9.5
Pediatrics-Anesthesiology 8 0.0 7 0.0 7 0.0 7 0.0 9 0.0
Pediatrics-Emergency Med 8 0.0 8 0.0 8 0.0 8 0.0 10 0.0
 Pediatrics-Medical Genetics 27 0.1 22 0.1 21 0.1 20 0.1 15 0.1
Pediatrics-P M & R 2 0.0 4 0.0 4 0.0 3 0.0 2 0.0
 Pediatrics-Preliminary 24 0.1 19 0.1 24 0.1 19 0.1 34 0.1
Pediatrics-Primary 75 0.2 92 0.3 90 0.3 90 0.3 83 0.3
Peds/Psych/Child Psych 21 0.1 22 0.1 21 0.1 21 0.1 21 0.1
 Physical Medicine & Rehab 157 0.4 151 0.4 138 0.4 133 0.4 119 0.4
 Plastic Surgery (Integrated) 187 0.5 180 0.5 172 0.5 168 0.6 159 0.6
Preventive Medicine 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
 Psychiatry 1,907 5.4 1,858 5.4 1,740 5.4 1,556 5.1 1,495 5.2
Psychiatry-Family Medicine 12 0.0 12 0.0 12 0.0 12 0.0 10 0.0
Psychiatry-Neurology 4 0.0 2 0.0 4 0.0 4 0.0 6 0.0
Radiation Oncology 15 0.0 14 0.0 15 0.0 16 0.1 16 0.1
Radiology-Diagnostic 122 0.3 123 0.4 123 0.4 125 0.4 121 0.4
 Surgery (Categorical) 1,569 4.5 1,536 4.5 1,432 4.4 1,319 4.4 1,281 4.4
 Surgery-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 1,136 3.2 1,174 3.4 1,158 3.6 1,363 4.5 1,325 4.6
Thoracic Surgery 46 0.1 38 0.1 37 0.1 36 0.1 37 0.1
 Transitional (PGY-1 Only) 1,497 4.3 1,436 4.2 1,252 3.9 1,086 3.6 908 3.1
 Vascular Surgery 79 0.2 75 0.2 66 0.2 60 0.2 60 0.2
TOTAL - PGY1 35,194 100 34,266 100 32,194 100 30,232 100 28,849 100

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Specialty 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
PGY-2 Positions
 Anesthesiology 339 12.6 398 14.5 428 15.5 447 16.7 441 16.5
Child Neurology 8 0.3 9 0.3 11 0.4 8 0.3 11 0.4
 Dermatology 477 17.7 478 17.4 447 16.2 426 15.9 423 15.8
 Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 121 4.5 118 4.3 113 4.1 98 3.7 95 3.5
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 4 0.1 3 0.1 5 0.2 4 0.1 4 0.1
 Neurology 254 9.4 244 8.9 281 10.2 287 10.7 294 11.0
Nuclear Medicine 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.1 4 0.1
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 7 0.3 7 0.3 4 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
 Physical Medicine & Rehab 327 12.1 316 11.5 308 11.2 281 10.5 294 11.0
Radiation Oncology 173 6.4 175 6.4 192 7.0 177 6.6 177 6.6
Radiology-Diagnostic 986 36.5 990 36.1 965 35.0 944 35.3 932 34.8
Radiology-Nuclear Med 2 0.1 3 0.1 2 0.1 3 0.1 2 0.1
TOTAL - PGY2 2,699 100 2,742 100 2,756 100 2,678 100 2,677 100

Physician (R) Positions*

Anesthesiology 94 44.1 116 46.8 97 41.3 140 54.5 100 43.3
 Child Neurology 20 9.4 25 10.1 34 14.5 26 10.1 33 14.3
Dermatology 20 9.4 29 11.7 27 11.5 21 8.2 14 6.1
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 2 0.9 0 0.0 1 0.4 3 1.2 1 0.4
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 2 0.9 3 1.2 4 1.7 7 2.7 2 0.9
Neurology 21 9.9 20 8.1 20 8.5 20 7.8 21 9.1
Nuclear Medicine 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.8 2 0.9
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 2 0.9 6 2.4 1 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0
Physical Medicine & Rehab 15 7.0 13 5.2 18 7.7 7 2.7 13 5.6
Radiation Oncology 5 2.3 3 1.2 4 1.7 1 0.4 8 3.5
Radiology-Diagnostic 31 14.6 33 13.3 29 12.3 30 11.7 37 16.0
Radiology-Nuclear Med 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
TOTAL - Physician (R) 213 100 248 100 235 100 257 100 231 100
GRAND TOTAL 38,106 100 37,256 100 35,185 100 33,167 100 31,757 100

Denotes increase/decrease in matched applicants of more than 10 percent and 10 positions between 2017 and 2021.
*Physician (R) positions are PGY-2 positions starting in the year of the Match that are reserved for applicants who have had prior
graduate medical education. Physician positions are not available to senior medical students. In previous Results and Data Books,
the numbers of R positions were small and they were included in the categorical position counts. In 2014, NRMP began listing R
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Table 4 Applicants in the Matching Program, 2017 - 2021
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Applicant No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Seniors of U.S. MD Medical Schools
Active Applicants* 19,866 100 19,326 100 18,925 100 18,818 100 18,539 100
Matched PGY-1 18,435 92.8 18,108 93.7 17,763 93.9 17,740 94.3 17,480 94.3
Unmatched PGY-1 1,431 7.2 1,218 6.3 1,162 6.1 1,078 5.7 1,059 5.7
Withdrew 526 2.6 376 1.9 414 2.1 428 2.2 431 2.3
No Rank List 83 0.4 79 0.4 78 0.4 66 0.3 60 0.3
Total 20,475 100 19,781 100 19,417 100 19,312 100 19,030 100
Graduates of U.S. MD Medical Schools
Active Applicants* 1,672 100 1,519 100 1,485 100 1,511 100 1,472 100
Matched PGY-1 806 48.2 693 45.6 674 45.4 662 43.8 677 46.0
Unmatched PGY-1 866 51.8 826 54.4 811 54.6 849 56.2 795 54.0
Withdrew 107 5.4 79 4.4 93 5.2 85 4.8 82 4.5
No Rank List 197 10.0 187 10.5 201 11.3 192 10.7 265 14.6
Total 1,976 100 1,785 100 1,779 100 1,788 100 1,819 100
Seniors of U.S. DO Medical Schools
Active Applicants* 7,101 100 6,581 100 5,478 100 4,275 100 3,335 100
Matched PGY-1 6,327 89.1 5,968 90.7 4,825 88.1 3,630 84.9 2,835 85.0
Unmatched PGY-1 774 10.9 613 9.3 653 11.9 645 15.1 500 15.0
Withdrew 181 2.5 180 2.6 812 12.8 1,128 20.4 1,119 24.5
No Rank List 50 0.7 50 0.7 76 1.2 132 2.4 116 2.5
Total 7,332 100 6,811 100 6,366 100 5,535 100 4,570 100
Graduates of U.S. DO Medical Schools
Active Applicants* 609 100 573 100 523 100 342 100 255 100
Matched PGY-1 270 44.3 247 43.1 251 48.0 141 41.2 98 38.4
Unmatched PGY-1 339 55.7 326 56.9 272 52.0 201 58.8 157 61.6
Withdrew 27 3.6 39 5.5 108 14.9 99 19.1 105 24.4
No Rank List 115 15.3 102 14.3 93 12.8 78 15.0 70 16.3
Total 751 100 714 100 724 100 519 100 430 100
U.S. Citizen Students/Graduates of International Medical Schools
Active Applicants* 5,295 100 5,167 100 5,080 100 5,075 100 5,069 100
Matched PGY-1 3,152 59.5 3,154 61.0 2,997 59.0 2,900 57.1 2,777 54.8
Unmatched PGY-1 2,143 40.5 2,013 39.0 2,083 41.0 2,175 42.9 2,292 45.2
Withdrew 711 9.6 570 8.3 540 7.7 569 8.1 594 8.3
No Rank List 1,411 19.0 1,156 16.8 1,355 19.4 1,342 19.2 1,486 20.8
Total 7,417 100 6,893 100 6,975 100 6,986 100 7,149 100
Non-U.S. Citizen Students/Graduates of International Medical Schools
Active Applicants* 7,943 100 6,907 100 6,869 100 7,067 100 7,284 100
Matched PGY-1 4,356 54.8 4,222 61.1 4,028 58.6 3,962 56.1 3,814 52.4
Unmatched PGY-1 3,587 45.2 2,685 38.9 2,841 41.4 3,105 43.9 3,470 47.6
Withdrew 749 7.0 680 7.6 740 7.9 805 8.3 778 7.7
No Rank List 2,026 18.9 1,369 15.3 1,701 18.3 1,866 19.2 2,065 20.4
Total 10,718 100 8,956 100 9,310 100 9,738 100 10,127 100
Students/Graduates of Canadian Medical Schools and Fifth Pathway Programs
Active Applicants* 22 100 11 100 16 100 15 100 15 100
Matched PGY-1 7 31.8 7 63.6 12 75.0 5 33.3 7 46.7
Unmatched PGY-1 15 68.2 4 36.4 4 25.0 10 66.7 8 53.3
Withdrew 2 6.5 4 21.1 11 34.4 7 22.6 9 28.1
No Rank List 7 22.6 4 21.1 5 15.6 9 29.0 8 25.0
Total 31 100 19 100 32 100 31 100 32 100
All Applicants
Active Applicants* 42,508 100 40,084 100 38,376 100 37,103 100 35,969 100
Matched PGY-1 33,353 78.5 32,399 80.8 30,550 79.6 29,040 78.3 27,688 77.0
Unmatched PGY-1 9,155 21.5 7,685 19.2 7,826 20.4 8,063 21.7 8,281 23.0
Withdrew 2,303 4.7 1,928 4.3 2,718 6.1 3,121 7.1 3,118 7.2
No Rank List 3,889 8.0 2,947 6.6 3,509 7.9 3,685 8.4 4,070 9.4
Total 48,700 100 44,959 100 44,603 100 43,909 100 43,157 100
 Denotes that the percentage increase in active applicants for this group was greater than the overall increase of 18.2%
for all active applicants between 2017 and 2021.
* Applicants who submitted a certified rank order list of programs
Note: Match rates are based on all active applicants regardless of their ranking behavior. Therefore, applicants who
matched to PGY-1 positions are counted as matched even if they ranked and did not match to a PGY-2 position.
Applicants who ranked only advanced and physician (R) programs are counted as unmatched in this table because they
did not match to a PGY-1 position.

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2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Filled Filled Filled Filled Filled
Specialty Offered #MD #Tot Offered #MD #Tot Offered #MD #Tot Offered #MD #Tot Offered #MD #Tot
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PGY-1 Positions
Anesthesiology 1,460 1,024 1,457 1,370 936 1,369 1,337 907 1,316 1,253 861 1,226 1,202 803 1,146
Child Neurology 159 100 147 159 111 151 145 102 133 134 101 129 128 97 119
Dermatology 30 25 30 31 23 31 30 23 28 25 22 23 26 24 26
Emergency Medicine 2,840 1,765 2,826 2,665 1,713 2,652 2,488 1,617 2,458 2,278 1,606 2,265 2,047 1,601 2,041
Emergency Med-Anesthesiology 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Emergency Med-Family Med 7 5 7 6 2 6 4 1 4 4 3 4 4 2 4
Family Medicine 4,823 1,606 4,472 4,662 1,543 4,313 4,107 1,601 3,827 3,629 1,628 3,510 3,356 1,513 3,215
Family Medicine-ONMM 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 0
Family Med-Preventive Med 2 1 2 3 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 6 5 6
Internal Medicine (Categorical) 9,024 3,523 8,632 8,697 3,496 8,324 8,116 3,366 7,892 7,542 3,195 7,363 7,233 3,245 7,101
Medicine-Anesthesiology 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 4 4
Medicine-Dermatology 8 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6
Medicine-Emergency Med 31 19 31 30 19 30 26 20 26 26 22 26 26 21 26
Medicine-Family Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2
Medicine-Medical Genetics 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Medicine-Pediatrics 385 313 385 390 316 381 390 315 383 382 306 377 381 291 356
Medicine-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 1,833 1,210 1,639 1,911 1,313 1,759 1,944 1,356 1,796 1,883 1,370 1,762 1,915 1,436 1,843
Medicine-Preventive Med 5 2 5 7 4 7 6 2 6 6 4 6 8 2 6
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Medicine-Primary 441 251 437 430 247 423 396 239 386 374 229 372 341 224 341
Medicine-Psychiatry 24 22 24 23 18 23 23 18 23 24 20 24 24 15 24
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 41 30 38 38 25 37 37 30 37 35 34 35 29 23 27
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 6 3 6 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3
Neurological Surgery 234 198 234 232 203 232 232 213 231 225 203 225 218 183 218
Neurology 715 358 702 682 317 665 617 284 594 552 280 539 492 249 479
Obstetrics-Gynecology 1,460 1,088 1,457 1,443 1,089 1,440 1,395 1,049 1,392 1,336 1,051 1,330 1,288 1,049 1,288
OB/GYN-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 18 6 12 18 3 9 18 4 9 21 6 11 23 6 14
Orthopedic Surgery 868 699 866 849 686 844 755 693 752 742 691 738 727 668 726
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 12 0 3 10 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
Otolaryngology 350 310 350 350 310 348 328 308 328 315 284 303 305 279 291
Pathology 611 198 589 603 204 587 601 201 569 601 220 568 601 216 545
Pediatrics (Categorical) 2,901 1,749 2,860 2,864 1,731 2,812 2,847 1,715 2,778 2,768 1,746 2,711 2,738 1,849 2,693
Pediatrics-Anesthesiology 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 9 7 8
Pediatrics-Emergency Med 8 7 8 8 5 8 8 6 8 8 4 8 10 5 9
Pediatrics-Medical Genetics 27 19 25 22 13 20 21 14 16 20 14 18 15 8 13
Pediatrics-P M & R 2 2 2 4 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
Pediatrics-Preliminary 24 16 22 19 9 12 24 12 19 19 10 14 34 23 27
Pediatrics-Primary 75 39 74 92 36 90 90 36 89 90 36 86 83 31 82
Peds/Psych/Child Psych 21 19 21 22 20 22 21 20 21 21 17 20 21 19 21
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Physical Medicine & Rehab 157 88 156 151 81 151 138 69 138 133 76 133 119 74 118
Plastic Surgery (Integrated) 187 167 187 180 165 180 172 158 172 168 156 167 159 148 157
Preventive Medicine 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
Psychiatry 1,907 1,205 1,904 1,858 1,138 1,838 1,740 1,054 1,720 1,556 982 1,540 1,495 923 1,491
Psychiatry-Family Medicine 12 11 12 12 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 8 10
Psychiatry-Neurology 4 1 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 6 3 3
Radiation Oncology 15 7 12 14 8 11 15 13 14 16 15 15 16 16 16
Radiology-Diagnostic 122 71 118 123 50 116 123 73 122 125 77 125 121 73 120
Surgery (Categorical) 1,569 1,029 1,564 1,536 1,033 1,531 1,432 1,053 1,432 1,319 1,005 1,314 1,281 1,005 1,276
Surgery-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 1,136 272 612 1,174 290 583 1,158 277 581 1,363 567 888 1,325 522 817
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Thoracic Surgery 46 43 45 38 32 38 37 34 37 36 31 36 37 30 34
Transitional (PGY-1 Only)
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1,497 845 1,272 1,436 822 1,230 1,252 788 1,101 1,086 772 1,016 908 718 873
Vascular Surgery 79 65 79 75 61 73 66 52 64 60 50 58 60 48 59
TOTAL - PGY-1 35,194 18,435 33,353 34,266 18,108 32,399 32,194 17,763 30,550 30,232 17,740 29,040 28,849 17,480 27,688

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2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Filled Filled Filled Filled Filled
Specialty Offered #MD #Tot Offered #MD #Tot Offered #MD #Tot Offered #MD #Tot Offered #MD #Tot
PGY-2 Positions
Anesthesiology 339 211 339 398 265 396 428 246 420 447 246 442 441 229 414
Child Neurology 8 1 6 9 1 6 11 1 9 8 3 7 11 5 9
Dermatology

477 382 471 478 368 469 447 370 444 426 348 420 423 346 415
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 121 97 117 118 94 111 113 101 113 98 93 98 95 82 91
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 4 1 2 3 1 1 5 2 3 4 2 2 4 3 3
Neurology 254 167 253 244 148 240 281 175 266 287 190 283 294 185 284
Nuclear Medicine 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 0 4
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 7 0 3 7 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physical Medicine & Rehab 327 167 325 316 164 312 308 151 305 281 166 281 294 181 294
Radiation Oncology 173 94 138 175 114 143 192 147 163 177 162 172 177 164 173
Radiology-Diagnostic 986 670 979 990 660 967 965 665 950 944 683 939 932 667 917
Radiology-Nuclear Med 2 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 2
TOTAL - PGY-2 2,699 1,791 2,635 2,742 1,816 2,649 2,756 1,859 2,678 2,678 1,894 2,650 2,677 1,863 2,606
Physician (R) Positions*
Anesthesiology 94 0 93 116 0 108 97 0 91 140 0 120 100 0 86
Child Neurology 20 0 14 25 0 12 34 0 12 26 0 12 33 0 19
Dermatology 20 0 20 29 0 29 27 0 25 21 0 20 14 0 13
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 1
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 2 0 2 3 0 1 4 0 1 7 0 2 2 0 0
Neurology 21 0 20 20 0 16 20 0 14 20 0 18 21 0 16
Nuclear Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 2 0 1 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physical Medicine & Rehab 15 0 12 13 0 13 18 0 16 7 0 7 13 0 13
Radiation Oncology 5 0 3 3 0 2 4 0 2 1 0 1 8 0 4
Radiology-Diagnostic 31 0 23 33 0 28 29 0 27 30 0 25 37 0 31
Radiology-Nuclear Med 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL - Physician (R) 213 0 191 248 0 210 235 0 189 257 0 209 231 0 184
GRAND TOTAL 38,106 20,226 36,179 37,256 19,924 35,258 35,185 19,622 33,417 33,167 19,634 31,899 31,757 19,343 30,478

 Denotes increase/decrease in number of positions filled by U.S. MD seniors of more than 10 percent and 10 positions between 2017 and 2021.
* Physician (R) positions are PGY-2 positions starting in the year of the Match that are reserved for applicants who have had prior graduate medical education.
Physician positions are not available to senior medical students. In previous Results and Data Books, the numbers of R positions were small and they were
included in the categorical position counts. In 2014, NRMP began listing R positions separately.

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 Table 7B Positions Offered and Number Filled by DO Seniors and All Applicants, 2017 - 2021
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Filled Filled Filled Filled Filled
Specialty Offered #DO #Tot Offered #DO #Tot Offered #DO #Tot Offered #DO #Tot Offered #DO #Tot
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PGY-1 Positions
Anesthesiology 1,460 268 1,457 1,370 262 1,369 1,337 243 1,316 1,253 203 1,226 1,202 155 1,146
Child Neurology 159 18 147 159 20 151 145 6 133 134 11 129 128 8 119
Dermatology 30 5 30 31 6 31 30 3 28 25 0 23 26 0 26
Emergency Medicine 2,840 790 2,826 2,665 683 2,652 2,488 618 2,458 2,278 457 2,265 2,047 267 2,041
Emergency Med-Anesthesiology 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
Emergency Med-Family Med 7 2 7 6 3 6 4 1 4 4 1 4 4 1 4
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Family Medicine 4,823 1,440 4,472 4,662 1,392 4,313 4,107 937 3,827 3,629 671 3,510 3,356 562 3,215
Family Medicine-ONMM 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 0 0
Family Med-Preventive Med 2 0 2 3 0 2 4 1 4 3 0 3 6 0 6
Internal Medicine (Categorical) 9,024 1,482 8,632 8,697 1,389 8,324 8,116 1,140 7,892 7,542 839 7,363 7,233 665 7,101
Medicine-Anesthesiology 4 0 4 3 0 3 5 0 4 6 0 6 6 0 4
Medicine-Dermatology 8 0 7 6 0 5 7 0 7 6 0 5 6 0 6
Medicine-Emergency Med 31 10 31 30 9 30 26 4 26 26 3 26 26 3 26
Medicine-Family Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
Medicine-Medical Genetics 4 0 4 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1
Medicine-Pediatrics

385 47 385 390 36 381 390 31 383 382 47 377 381 26 356
Medicine-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 1,833 177 1,639 1,911 162 1,759 1,944 163 1,796 1,883 158 1,762 1,915 127 1,843
Medicine-Preventive Med 5 0 5 7 0 7 6 0 6 6 0 6 8 0 6
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Medicine-Primary 441 41 437 430 41 423 396 33 386 374 31 372 341 16 341
Medicine-Psychiatry 24 1 24 23 0 23 23 5 23 24 2 24 24 2 24
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 41 3 38 38 5 37 37 4 37 35 1 35 29 4 27
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 6 2 6 4 0 4 4 0 4 4 1 4 3 0 3
Neurological Surgery 234 6 234 232 3 232 232 4 231 225 3 225 218 1 218
Neurology

715 107 702 682 103 665 617 96 594 552 60 539 492 52 479
Obstetrics-Gynecology 1,460 225 1,457 1,443 221 1,440 1,395 221 1,392 1,336 152 1,330 1,288 122 1,288
OB/GYN-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 18 1 12 18 1 9 18 1 9 21 0 11 23 0 14
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Orthopedic Surgery 868 107 866 849 112 844 755 13 752 742 4 738 727 3 726
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 12 2 3 10 8 8 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Otolaryngology 350 16 350 350 17 348 328 13 328 315 3 303 305 1 291
Pathology

611 55 589 603 67 587 601 49 569 601 54 568 601 30 545
Pediatrics (Categorical) 2,901 519 2,860 2,864 483 2,812 2,847 477 2,778 2,768 399 2,711 2,738 358 2,693
Pediatrics-Anesthesiology 8 0 8 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 9 1 8
Pediatrics-Emergency Med 8 1 8 8 1 8 8 2 8 8 2 8 10 1 9
Pediatrics-Medical Genetics 27 2 25 22 3 20 21 2 16 20 2 18 15 1 13
Pediatrics-P M & R 2 0 2 4 2 4 4 1 3 3 0 3 2 0 2
Pediatrics-Preliminary 24 1 22 19 0 12 24 1 19 19 0 14 34 2 27
Pediatrics-Primary 75 3 74 92 11 90 90 9 89 90 3 86 83 3 82
Peds/Psych/Child Psych 21 1 21 22 1 22 21 1 21 21 3 20 21 1 21
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Physical Medicine & Rehab 157 49 156 151 60 151 138 49 138 133 44 133 119 32 118
Plastic Surgery (Integrated) 187 2 187 180 0 180 172 1 172 168 2 167 159 1 157
Preventive Medicine 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
Psychiatry 1,907 332 1,904 1,858 335 1,838 1,740 315 1,720 1,556 241 1,540 1,495 207 1,491
Psychiatry-Family Medicine 12 1 12 12 2 12 12 0 12 12 0 12 10 1 10
Psychiatry-Neurology 4 2 4 2 0 2 4 0 3 4 0 3 6 0 3
Radiation Oncology 15 0 12 14 1 11 15 0 14 16 0 15 16 0 16
Radiology-Diagnostic 122 28 118 123 28 116 123 24 122 125 24 125 121 22 120
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Surgery (Categorical) 1,569 228 1,564 1,536 202 1,531 1,432 124 1,432 1,319 70 1,314 1,281 56 1,276
Surgery-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 1,136 47 612 1,174 31 583 1,158 36 581 1,363 43 888 1,325 28 817
Thoracic Surgery 46 1 45 38 1 38 37 0 37 36 0 36 37 0 34
Transitional (PGY-1 Only) 1,497 302 1,272 1,436 260 1,230 1,252 191 1,101 1,086 92 1,016 908 75 873
Vascular Surgery 79 3 79 75 5 73 66 5 64 60 1 58 60 1 59
TOTAL - PGY-1 35,194 6,327 33,353 34,266 5,968 32,399 32,194 4,825 30,550 30,232 3,633 29,040 28,849 2,835 27,688

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 Table 7B Positions Offered and Number Filled by DO Seniors and All Applicants, 2017 - 2021 (Continued)
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Filled Filled Filled Filled Filled
Specialty Offered #DO #Tot Offered #DO #Tot Offered #DO #Tot Offered #DO #Tot Offered #DO #Tot
PGY-2 Positions
Anesthesiology 339 69 339 398 65 396 428 86 420 447 68 442 441 55 414
Child Neurology 8 1 6 9 1 6 11 0 9 8 0 7 11 2 9
Dermatology 477 31 471 478 35 469 447 28 444 426 12 420 423 7 415
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 121 12 117 118 10 111 113 8 113 98 3 98 95 6 91
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 4 0 2 3 0 1 5 0 3 4 0 2 4 0 3
Neurology 254 27 253 244 23 240 281 17 266 287 30 283 294 22 284
Nuclear Medicine 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 0 4
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 7 2 3 7 2 2 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Physical Medicine & Rehab 327 121 325 316 120 312 308 115 305 281 77 281 294 80 294
Radiation Oncology 173 10 138 175 4 143 192 2 163 177 3 172 177 1 173
Radiology-Diagnostic 986 143 979 990 135 967 965 130 950 944 106 939 932 88 917
Radiology-Nuclear Med 2 0 2 3 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 3 2 0 2
TOTAL - PGY-2 2,699 416 2,635 2,742 395 2,649 2,756 389 2,678 2,680 299 2,650 2,677 261 2,606
Physician (R) Positions*
Anesthesiology 94 0 93 116 0 108 97 0 91 140 0 120 100 0 86
Child Neurology 20 0 14 25 0 12 34 0 12 26 0 12 33 0 19
Dermatology 20 0 20 29 0 29 27 0 25 21 0 20 14 0 13
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 1
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 2 0 2 3 0 1 4 0 1 7 0 2 2 0 0
Neurology 21 0 20 20 0 16 20 0 14 20 0 18 21 0 16
Nuclear Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 2 0 1 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physical Medicine & Rehab 15 0 12 13 0 13 18 0 16 7 0 7 13 0 13
Radiation Oncology 5 0 3 3 0 2 4 0 2 1 0 1 8 0 4
Radiology-Diagnostic 31 0 23 33 0 28 29 0 27 30 0 25 37 0 31
Radiology-Nuclear Med 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL - Physician (R) 213 0 191 248 0 210 235 0 189 257 0 209 231 0 184
GRAND TOTAL 38,106 6,743 36,179 37,256 6,363 35,258 35,185 5,214 33,417 33,169 3,932 31,899 31,757 3,096 30,478

 Denotes increase/decrease in number of positions filled by U.S. DO seniors of more than 10 percent and 10 positions between 2017 and 2021.
* Physician (R) positions are PGY-2 positions starting in the year of the Match that are reserved for applicants who have had prior graduate medical education.
Physician positions are not available to senior medical students. In previous Results and Data Books, the numbers of R positions were small and they were
included in the categorical position counts. In 2014, NRMP began listing R positions separately.

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 Table 10 MD Seniors Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2017 - 2021
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Specialty No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
 Anesthesiology 1,024 5.6 936 5.2 907 5.1 861 4.9 803 4.6
Child Neurology 100 0.5 111 0.6 102 0.6 101 0.6 97 0.6
Dermatology 25 0.1 23 0.1 23 0.1 22 0.1 24 0.1
 Emergency Medicine 1,765 9.6 1,713 9.5 1,617 9.1 1,606 9.1 1,601 9.2
Emergency Med-Anesthesiology 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0
Emergency Med-Family Med 5 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 3 0.0 2 0.0
Family Medicine 1,606 8.7 1,543 8.5 1,601 9.0 1,628 9.2 1,513 8.7
Family Med-Preventive Med 1 0.0 2 0.0 3 0.0 3 0.0 5 0.0
Internal Medicine (Categorical) 3,523 19.1 3,496 19.3 3,366 18.9 3,195 18.0 3,245 18.6
Medicine-Anesthesiology 4 0.0 3 0.0 4 0.0 6 0.0 4 0.0
Medicine-Dermatology 7 0.0 5 0.0 6 0.0 5 0.0 6 0.0
Medicine-Emergency Med 19 0.1 19 0.1 20 0.1 22 0.1 21 0.1
Medicine-Family Medicine 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 2 0.0
Medicine-Medical Genetics 3 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
Medicine-Pediatrics 313 1.7 316 1.7 315 1.8 306 1.7 291 1.7
 Medicine-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 1,210 6.6 1,313 7.3 1,356 7.6 1,370 7.7 1,436 8.2
Medicine-Preventive Med 2 0.0 4 0.0 2 0.0 4 0.0 2 0.0
 Medicine-Primary 251 1.4 247 1.4 239 1.3 229 1.3 224 1.3
Medicine-Psychiatry 22 0.1 18 0.1 18 0.1 20 0.1 15 0.1
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 30 0.2 25 0.1 30 0.2 34 0.2 23 0.1
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 3 0.0 3 0.0 3 0.0 3 0.0 3 0.0
Neurological Surgery 198 1.1 203 1.1 213 1.2 203 1.1 183 1.0
 Neurology 358 1.9 317 1.8 284 1.6 280 1.6 249 1.4
Obstetrics-Gynecology 1,088 5.9 1,089 6.0 1,049 5.9 1,051 5.9 1,049 6.0
OB/GYN-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 6 0.0 3 0.0 4 0.0 6 0.0 6 0.0
Orthopedic Surgery 699 3.8 686 3.8 693 3.9 691 3.9 668 3.8
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
 Otolaryngology 310 1.7 310 1.7 308 1.7 284 1.6 279 1.6
Pathology 198 1.1 204 1.1 201 1.1 220 1.2 216 1.2
Pediatrics (Categorical) 1,749 9.5 1,731 9.6 1,715 9.7 1,746 9.8 1,849 10.6
Pediatrics-Anesthesiology 8 0.0 7 0.0 6 0.0 6 0.0 7 0.0
Pediatrics-Emergency Med 7 0.0 5 0.0 6 0.0 4 0.0 5 0.0
 Pediatrics-Medical Genetics 19 0.1 13 0.1 14 0.1 14 0.1 8 0.0
Pediatrics-P M & R 2 0.0 2 0.0 2 0.0 3 0.0 2 0.0
Pediatrics-Preliminary 16 0.1 9 0.0 12 0.1 10 0.1 23 0.1
Pediatrics-Primary 39 0.2 36 0.2 36 0.2 36 0.2 31 0.2
Peds/Psych/Child Psych 19 0.1 20 0.1 20 0.1 17 0.1 19 0.1
 Physical Medicine & Rehab 88 0.5 81 0.4 69 0.4 76 0.4 74 0.4
 Plastic Surgery (Integrated) 167 0.9 165 0.9 158 0.9 156 0.9 148 0.8
 Psychiatry 1,205 6.5 1,138 6.3 1,054 5.9 982 5.5 923 5.3
Psychiatry-Family Medicine 11 0.1 10 0.1 12 0.1 12 0.1 8 0.0
Psychiatry-Neurology 1 0.0 2 0.0 3 0.0 3 0.0 3 0.0
Radiation Oncology 7 0.0 8 0.0 13 0.1 15 0.1 16 0.1
Radiology-Diagnostic 71 0.4 50 0.3 73 0.4 77 0.4 73 0.4
Surgery (Categorical) 1,029 5.6 1,033 5.7 1,053 5.9 1,005 5.7 1,005 5.7
 Surgery-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 272 1.5 290 1.6 277 1.6 567 3.2 522 3.0
 Thoracic Surgery 43 0.2 32 0.2 34 0.2 31 0.2 30 0.2
 Transitional (PGY-1 Only) 845 4.6 822 4.5 788 4.4 772 4.4 718 4.1
 Vascular Surgery 65 0.4 61 0.3 52 0.3 50 0.3 48 0.3
TOTAL - PGY-1 18,435 100 18,108 100 17,763 100 17,740 100 17,480 100

 Denotes increase/decrease in matched U.S. MD seniors of more than 10 percent and 10 positions between 2017
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Table 11 DO Seniors Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2017 - 2021
2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Specialty No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
 Anesthesiology 268 4.2 262 4.4 243 5.0 203 5.6 155 5.5
 Child Neurology 18 0.3 20 0.3 6 0.1 11 0.3 8 0.3
Dermatology 5 0.1 6 0.1 3 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
 Emergency Medicine 790 12.5 683 11.4 618 12.8 457 12.6 267 9.4
Emergency Med-Family Med 2 0.0 3 0.1 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
 Family Medicine 1,440 22.8 1,392 23.3 937 19.4 671 18.5 562 19.8
Family Medicine-ONMM 0 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.1 0 0.0
Family Med-Preventive Med 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
 Internal Medicine (Categorical) 1,482 23.4 1,389 23.3 1,140 23.6 839 23.1 665 23.5
Medicine-Emergency Med 10 0.2 9 0.2 4 0.1 3 0.1 3 0.1
 Medicine-Pediatrics 47 0.7 36 0.6 31 0.6 47 1.3 26 0.9
 Medicine-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 177 2.8 162 2.7 163 3.4 158 4.4 127 4.5
 Medicine-Primary 41 0.6 41 0.7 33 0.7 31 0.9 16 0.6
Medicine-Psychiatry 1 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) 3 0.0 5 0.1 4 0.1 1 0.0 4 0.1
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Neurological Surgery 6 0.1 3 0.1 4 0.1 3 0.1 1 0.0
 Neurology 107 1.7 103 1.7 96 2.0 60 1.7 52 1.8
 Obstetrics-Gynecology 225 3.6 221 3.7 221 4.6 152 4.2 122 4.3
OB/GYN-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
 Orthopedic Surgery 107 1.7 112 1.9 13 0.3 4 0.1 3 0.1
Osteo Neuromusculoskeletal Med 2 0.0 8 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.1 0 0.0
 Otolaryngology 16 0.3 17 0.3 13 0.3 3 0.1 1 0.0
 Pathology 55 0.9 67 1.1 49 1.0 54 1.5 30 1.1
 Pediatrics (Categorical) 519 8.2 483 8.1 477 9.9 399 11.0 358 12.6
Pediatrics-Anesthesiology 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Pediatrics-Emergency Med 1 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 2 0.1 1 0.0
Pediatrics-Medical Genetics 2 0.0 3 0.1 2 0.0 2 0.1 1 0.0
Pediatrics-P M & R 0 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Pediatrics-Preliminary 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.1
Pediatrics-Primary 3 0.0 11 0.2 9 0.2 3 0.1 3 0.1
Peds/Psych/Child Psych 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 3 0.1 1 0.0
 Physical Medicine & Rehab 49 0.8 60 1.0 49 1.0 41 1.1 32 1.1
Plastic Surgery (Integrated) 2 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.1 1 0.0
 Psychiatry 332 5.2 335 5.6 315 6.5 241 6.6 207 7.3
Psychiatry-Family Medicine 1 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Psychiatry-Neurology 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Radiation Oncology 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Radiology-Diagnostic 28 0.4 28 0.5 24 0.5 24 0.7 22 0.8
 Surgery (Categorical) 228 3.6 202 3.4 124 2.6 70 1.9 56 2.0
 Surgery-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) 47 0.7 31 0.5 36 0.7 43 1.2 28 1.0
Thoracic Surgery 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
 Transitional (PGY-1 Only) 302 4.8 260 4.4 191 4.0 92 2.5 75 2.6
Vascular Surgery 3 0.0 5 0.1 5 0.1 1 0.0 1 0.0
TOTAL - PGY-1 6,327 100 5,968 100 4,825 100 3,630 100 2,835 100
Denotes increase/decrease in matched U.S. DO Seniors of more than 10 percent and 10 positions between 2017
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Table 16 Number of Couples in the Match and Match Outcome, 1987 - 2021
Both One Neither Match
Year Couples Individuals Matched Matched Matched Rate %
1987 347 694 316 14 17 93.1
1988 388 776 355 19 14 93.9
1989 421 842 384 21 16 93.7
1990 397 794 356 20 21 92.2
1991 377 754 349 17 11 94.8
1992 461 922 412 20 29 91.5
1993 427 854 384 27 16 93.1
1994 446 892 391 35 20 91.6
1995 499 998 433 33 33 90.1
1996 504 1,008 446 20 38 90.5
1997 535 1,070 479 29 27 92.2
1998 525 1,050 481 27 17 94.2
1999 536 1,072 496 27 13 95.1
2000 508 1,016 475 18 15 95.3
2001 561 1,122 518 25 18 94.6
2002 543 1,086 507 19 17 95.1
2003 570 1,140 529 22 19 94.7
2004 641 1,282 584 36 21 93.9
2005 606 1,212 552 39 15 94.3
2006 610 1,220 552 36 22 93.4
2007 621 1,242 553 36 32 91.9
2008 738 1,476 667 47 24 93.6
2009 788 1,576 706 55 27 93.1
2010 808 1,616 730 50 28 93.4
2011 809 1,618 739 53 17 94.6
2012 878 1,756 804 54 19 94.6
2013 935 1,870 868 44 23 95.2
2014 925 1,850 843 56 26 94.2
2015 1,035 2,070 950 62 23 94.8
2016 1,046 2,092 971 61 14 95.7
2017 1,125 2,250 1,040 66 19 95.4
2018 1,165 2,330 1,082 67 16 95.8
2019 1,076 2,152 993 59 24 95.0
2020 1,224 2,448 1,128 84 12 95.6
2021 1,224 2,448 1,089 108 27 93.4

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