Table 1. Number and percent distribution of sample solo-practice physicians, by specialty: California, 1974-78.

Specialty	Number	Percent distribution
Primary care
All primary care	2,208	100.0
General and family practice	997	45.2
Internal medicine	807	36.5
Obstetrics-gynecology	208	9.4
Pediatrics	196	8.9
Surgery
All surgery	820	100.0
General surgery	634	77.3
Orthopedic surgery	186	22.7