Provides statistics on all medical practitioners registered with the medical board in each State and Territory of Australia in 1997. The number and characteristics of all registered medical practitioners are presented including statistics showing: employment in medicine by age, sex, type of practitioner, work setting, hours worked, country of initial qualification, residency status and geographic region. Also includes data on the number of students enrolled in and completing tertiary medicine courses, levels of international migration within the field, and Medicare statistics.