1.   AMR is studying the possibility of using nurses, physician assistants or paramedics to provide house-call services.

2.   But hiring nurses or physician assistants may not add significantly to costs, others say.

3.   But in the military, physician assistants are not required to be licensed, though they must be certified with the national association of physician assistants.

4.   But in many cases, he said, physician assistants or nurse practitioners handle the minor cases.

5.   Chuck Creveling is a sports medicine physicians assistant at Virginia Mason Medical Center and weekend bike racer.

6.   Fifty-four percent of nurse-practitioners and physician assistants expressed interest in offering the drug.

7.   Five other boards, including real estate appraisers, cosmetologists, and physician assistants, are missing one or more of the public members they are supposed to have.

8.   He had a degree in sociology and two years of school to become a physician assistant.

9.   Here and elsewhere, physician assistants can practice medicine only under the supervision of doctors.

10.   If their caseload grows, they may be forced to hire much more expensive doctors or physician assistants.