Have we got a deal for you, doc. Small towns recruiting big time to lure physicians to rural Texas.

Ask most folks if they would trade the crime, high taxes, traffic nightmares, and general hassle of big cities for the pastoral setting of small-town life, and their first question may be what time the moving van arrives. Life in a small town can be peaceful, quiet, and relaxing: just the tonic for the headaches of modern urban life. Then reality in the form of illness intrudes, and the services of a doctor are needed. Unfortunately, in many rural areas of Texas, one may not be available.