J&C Nationwide, Inc. Offers Retained Physician Search.

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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2002

New service offers health care clients customizable staffing option

J&C Nationwide, Inc., a leading physician recruitment firm based in Atlanta, today announced its newly formed

The permanent placement services offered within this division will complement the locum tenens (temporary) and contingency recruitment programs that the firm currently markets to major hospitals, clinics, and health care systems throughout the country.

"By adding retained search to our suite of professional services, we intend to become a `one-stop shop' for health care employers with critical temporary or permanent staffing requirements," mentioned Sandra Garrett, Chief Operating Officer for J&C Nationwide, Inc.

"Given the changes in the marketplace, clients favor more personalized and customized permanent placement assistance," she explained. "As the supply of superior qualified physicians seeking a career change decreases, the demand for retained search services will increase accordingly."

Lee Ann Trelles has been promoted to J&C Nationwide, Inc.'s Director of Retained Search. For nearly eight years, she has served the firm in various capacities: marketing, recruiting, scheduling, and as a locum tenens specialty team leader.

Prior to joining J&C Nationwide, Inc., Trelles worked for three years in clinical reference laboratory sales. She sold to physicians, hospitals, and health care systems in Florida and Alabama. Her professional experience also includes working as a physician recruiter for a hospital in South Florida, as well as marketing and physician relations for a Georgia hospital.

Markus Quenan will spearhead the marketing efforts of the Retained Search Division, Ms. Garrett announced.

Prior to recently joining J&C Nationwide, Inc., Mr. Quenan worked as senior search consultant for Merritt, Hawkins & Associates, another well-regarded retained search firm. In addition, his professional experience includes selling medical equipment to hospitals, private practices and outpatient surgery centers in Central Georgia.

"The challenge in starting this division of the company is to convince clients that we offer an improved, more cost-effective version of retained search," Lee Ann Trelles mentioned. "Initial responses indicate that clients are eager to look at fresh staffing options to meet their physician development objectives."

About J&C Nationwide, Inc.

J&C Nationwide, Inc. is the country's oldest and second largest physician recruitment firm. With over 20 years of continuous business operations, the company has earned a reputation for providing quality recruitment service to hospitals, clinics, HMOs, government medical facilities, and other health care organizations of all sizes.

Headquartered in Atlanta, the firm has regional offices in Durham, NC and Salt Lake City, UT to better serve its expanding clientele. The company's mission is to provide cost-effective staffing solutions to health care employers, and to place top-notch providers in appealing employment situations. These include doctors in major medical specialties and "physician extenders" such as CRNAs, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. J&C Nationwide, Inc.'s consultants are industry specialists with an average of 5-10 years of medical recruitment experience.