Well, as a practicing physician and pilot, local pilots kept asking if
I could do their flight physical as they couldn't get a doctor in the
area... So I applied...
Don't need any right now was the answer, check back in a year or two...
This went on for awhile... Knowing the local AME's and knowing that
only one was actively doing physicals at that time, and only on a part
time basis, I again charged the bureaucracy walls pointing out that out
of 4 AME's in the area one AME was in his 90's, another was retired,
and the third was deployed in the military...
"Oh, have you applied to us?"
"Yes, several times.."
"When?"
"Well, the last time was about three or four years ago."
"Oh, we moved our office two years ago and there is no record of your
application."
"I see. I will submit another application."

I did and after some months I got a letter that stated that they had no
openings... Three months later they appointed a new AME, not me... I
got the message and quit applying...

denny

denny