Looking back: continuity of care.

A few numbers Between 1996 and the present, there were increases in CFPC membership from 13 000 to 28 000; staff from 65 to 140; the annual operating budget from $10 million to $40 million; the number of first-year residents entering family medicine each year from 475 to 1300; the proportion of medical school graduates selecting family medicine as their first choice from a low of 23% in 2003 to 35% in 2012; and the number of family medicine training sites in the annual Canadian Resident Matching Service match (where residents train for most of their 2 years) from 25 to 147, including a substantial increase in suburban, small town, and rural settings.