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Some data presented here differs from earlier reports because the table has been updated to reflect the most accurate data currently available.

	13/14	14/15	15/16	16/17	17/18	18/19	19/20	20/21	21/22	22/23
⁽¹⁾ Total number of residents does not equal the sum of R1 through R3 because the numbers of R4 and R5 residents are not shown. ⁽²⁾ Includes residents in an internal medicine categorical, primary care, combined, preliminary or transitional training program.
Number of programs	395	400	410	439	483	530	530	542	554	576
Total number of residents ⁽¹⁾	25606	26122	26899	27949	29237	30181	30953	31824	32520	33219
R1 ⁽²⁾	9776	10072	10417	10812	11262	11606	11848	12198	12292	12470
R2	7795	7817	8161	8540	8954	9266	9502	9815	10122	10386
R3	7545	7749	7781	8134	8648	8900	9167	9384	9684	9943