"Virtually every hospital or large medical group in the United States would be happy to add a family physician or general internist," said Merritt Hawkins' president Mark Smith. "There simply are not enough primary care doctors to go around."

Other statistics show that one out of three "practicing physicians in the United States is over the age of 55″ and "U.S. medical schools have not provided for the loss of 33 percent of the nation's physician work force," according to Health Leaders Media.