o  First, get youth in our region interested in health careers.
     o  Next, help facilitate clinical rotation experiences and encourage
         health program students to return to the Interior region when
         they have completed their programs.
     o  And finally, keep rural health care providers happy, satisfied
         with their jobs and engaged in learning by offering a
         variety of continuing education opportunities.

These are the "3 R's" of Recruitment , Rotations and Retention.

Though Alaska's AHEC is new, we are fortunate to be operating
as part of a statewide and national network of centers.  The 
statewide network consists of a program office in the UAA School of
Nursing and four satellite offices: Fairbanks, Bethel, Anchorage and Sitka.
             
             (HRSA's AHEC page:  http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/ahec)