The Mission of the AAFP is to improve the health of patients, families, and communities by serving the needs of members with professionalism and creativity.
Nearly one in four of all office visits are made to family physicians. That is 208 million office visits each year – nearly 83 million more than the next largest medical specialty. Today, family physicians provide more care for America’s underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
In the increasingly fragmented world of health care where many medical specialties limit their practice to a particular organ, disease, age or sex, family physicians are dedicated to treating the whole person across the full spectrum of ages. Family medicine’s cornerstone is an ongoing, personal patient-physician relationship focused on integrated care.
To learn more about the AAFP and about the specialty of family medicine, please visit our website.
The mission of the AAFP is to improve the health of patients, families, and communities by serving the needs of members with professionalism and creativity.
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