According to CIA.gov in 2011 the United States had 2.45 physicians per 1,000 citizens. The United States is home to arguably the smartest and best trained doctors in the world. These doctors have access to cutting edge medical technology and training. But America has fewer doctors per capita than such healthcare power houses as Uzbekistan, Mongolia and Latvia. That is right, Latvia; it is north of Poland and Lithuania and due west from Moscow. (I had to look it up, thank you Google Maps)

So now you are wondering: Wait, I live in America, the greatest nation in the world, and I am more likely to find a doctor available in Latvia? I had the same thought; the problem is that we have a limited number of residencies in our country.