It took about 8 years for the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1963 to show the fully intended increase in the physician supply.

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The significant impact started to show only in 1985, twenty years later. And the full effect took 40 years to work through the system: at that peak point, most of the physicians added to the work force during the 40 years after the expansion of medical schools were still in the work force, with some of them already close to retirement.

It Took About 8 Years for the Health Professions Educational