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It is my pleasure to turn the conference over to Bill Carpenter, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LifePoint Health. Please proceed, sir. William F. Carpenter - LifePoint Health, Inc. Thank you very much, and welcome everyone to LifePoint Health's fourth quarter and full-year 2016 earnings call. We hope you've had a chance to review the press release we issued earlier this morning.