Kansas has been able to recruit 66 physicians since 2002 when we developed our State program. and it has made a tremendous difference. Three communities. Rush County Memorial Hospital now has had three J1 visa physicians. the only physicians in the county. The same thing with Greensburg. Kansas. For the last 10 years. no physician in the community but a J1 visa. and those J1 visa doctors have attracted three midlevel practitioners. And. finally. the most recent success in Kansas is a community health clinic. the United Methodist MexicanAmerican Ministries. where they just recruited a J1 visa doctor from Peru who now can address the needs of many Hispanic members of that community in southwest Kansas. It is wonderful now to have a bilingual J1 visa doctor. Again. there are issues that we would love to work on to address the distribution of J1 visa physicians. and I look forward to trying to meet that challenge with my colleagues from across the country. But this program is important. It saves lives. It is often the only health care opportunity that many Americans will ever receive. and the J1 visa program is about good health and saving lives. 52. Pt. 17 December 6. 2006 I am very grateful for the opportunity to be here today.