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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.

	10/11	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16	16/17	17/18	18/19	19/20
⁽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	397	393	389	395	400	410	439	469	517	525
Total number of residents ⁽¹⁾	24461	24880	25305	25606	26122	26899	27949	29237	29963	30570
R1 ⁽²⁾	9460	9722	9806	9776	10072	10417	10812	11239	11484	11679
R2	7339	7490	7656	7795	7817	8161	8540	8949	9165	9359
R3	7168	7199	7363	7545	7749	7781	8134	8302	8526	9113