In healthcare, a looming challenge unfolds as the educational pipeline struggles to keep pace with the escalating demand for qualified professionals. Projections reveal a large difference between the number of newly qualified healthcare professionals in 2021 and the anticipated vacancies in 2031. The nursing sector faces the most significant deficit, with a glaring gap of 831,212 professionals. Following closely, speciality care is poised to experience a deficit, with a notable shortfall of 62,604 professionals between 2021 and the projected healthcare vacancies in 2031. Gaps are calculated by subtracting completion from annual openings No gap means that there is a greater number of people who can do the work than there is demand for the work Medical assistants are included in both primary care (33%) and specialty care (57%)