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“Unbelievable” value of physician assistants not harnessed in Nova Scotia

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“Unbelievable” value of physician assistants not harnessed in Nova Scotia

By Lyndsay Armstrong

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Liberal MPs in Halifax, clockwise from top left, Darren Fisher, Lena Metlege Diab and Andy Fillmore.

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