FRCSC - This stand for Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. To be certified in plastic surgery, doctors do a 5-year residency program after receiving their MD. Training involves on-going oral and practical evaluation. If successful, the doctor becomes FRCSC. When these initials appear after a surgeonâs name, it indicates certification in a specialty â ophthalmology, otolaryngogly or plastic surgery, for example.
Quick Answer. According to a 2012 study by the Pew Research Center, most immigrants to the United States come from the Asia-Pacific and Latin America-Caribbean regions. The study showed an increase in immigrants from Asia, Africa and the Middle East from 1992 to 2012 and a decrease in immigrants from Latin America, Europe and other parts of North America.
1 In 2010, more than 4.8 million European immigrants resided in the United States, representing 12 percent of all immigrants. 2  About 44 percent of European immigrants were from Eastern Europe in 2010. 3  The top countries of origin for European immigrants were the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Russia, and Italy.