IMAGINE A PLACE of clean air and unspoiled outdoor places. Now, imagine that place is home to a major medical center, trusted by thousands of people each year for the best in health care.

The place is Greenville, North Carolina, where the Brody School of Medicine and University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina host the residencies in primary care.

One of the most affordable, welcoming and scenic places you'll ever live, Greenville has fine schools, excellent city services and parks and a multitude of shops and restaurants. A historic downtown area lies adjacent to the university. A low-hassle airport, with US Airways flights throughout the day, is only minutes from the medical center.

More than a university town, Greenville is the focal point for cultural activity, industry, higher education and health care in eastern North Carolina. The most recent U.S. Census ranked Greenville as the 13th-most populous city in North Carolina, with an 11 percent growth rate.

Music, theater and ballet performances feature the world's major orchestras and troupes. Lectures bring the day's most interesting speakers to campus. Each summer the city hosts Sunday in the Park, a free outdoor concert series the whole family can enjoy.

The Greenville Museum of Art and Wellington Gray Gallery at ECU offer a provocative mix of traditional, abstract and modern painting and sculpture.

For quick get-aways, Atlantic Beach is about a 90 minute drive from Greenville. A little farther east, on the Outer Banks, you'll find more national treasures, including the popular lighthouses at Hatteras and Ocracoke Island. Ocracoke Island is also home to miles of untouched and protected national shoreline.

Whether single, married or raising a family, medical residents find Greenville a great place to live, work and explore. We know you will, too.

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