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This article focuses on the future of the specialty in obstetrics and gynecology in the U. S. The decrease in the percentage of graduating American seniors choosing a career in obstetrics and gynecology and the associated decrease in residency slots filled by U.S. graduates. The marked decrease in the number of men entering the specialty is noted with concern, and the shift of students interest to emergency medicine, radiology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology and dermatology noted with envy. The concern about residency training focuses on the ever broadening scope of requirements. The author suggests for actions and execution in the clinical training and academic laboratories in gynecology and obstetrics.