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For each of the past two years, the number of U.S. medical students choosing internal medicine residencies has decreased by approximately 1 percent from the previous year. According to the 2009 National Resident Matching Program report, 2,632 U.S. seniors at medical schools enrolled in an internal medicine residency program — down from 2,660 in 2008 and 2,680 in 2007.

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