fitzhugh mullan. he's the head of medicine and health policy at the george washington university school of public health and professor of pediatrics at the school of medicine. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you, chairman sanders, senator enzi, and colleagues, it's a great privilege to be here as a primary care physician, a pediatrician, who was in the first class at the national health service corp., 1972, subsequently ran the service corp.. it is not only a privilege, but an astounding developing history to hear a committee of the u.s. senate speak with such clarity about the often orphan issues of primary care and service delivery in poor rural and underserved communities. i can get over my days, i will try to be cogent, but thank you so much for convening and the thought that's gone into this. as you gave a talk, i was supposed to be the expert, but you were clearly the expert. i'll try to focus on issues of education and system building around primary care. the demand clearly is in