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Appendix F National Residency Matching Program
Pages 89-90

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... Applicants send their ranked list of program to NRMP, and programs send their ranked list of applicants to NRMP. The NRMP matching algorithm begins with an attempt to place an applicant into the program indicated as most preferred on that applicant's list.
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... This process is carried out for all applicants until each applicant has either been tentatively matched to the most preferred choice possible or all choices submitted by the applicant have been exhausted. When all applicants have been considered, the process is complete and all tentative matches become final.
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