AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AHS) is the largest temporary healthcare staffing company in the U.S. by revenue, earning over $750 million in revenue.^[1] AMN provides temporary staffing of nurses, physicians (locum tenens), and medical assistants, as well as permanent physician placement services.

Economic downturns threaten temporary staffing companies, as clients prefer permanent staff to temporary professionals.^[2] Despite this, long-term growth in healthcare staffing is driven by the rising shortage of healthcare professionals, notably registered nurses,^[3] and growing demand fueled by the rapidly aging baby boomers.

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