| Katie Abby Promoted to President, Clarke Shaw to | | | | past president of the National Association of Locum |
| Chief Operating Officer | | | | Tenens Organizations, an association she helped found |
| Salt Lake City, Utah—October 2, 2006— VISTA | | | | to establish and enforce standards for ethics and |
| Staffing Solutions, a leading provider of temporary | | | | sound business practices within the locum tenens |
| physician staffing and permanent physician search | | | | industry. |
| services, announced the promotion of two key | | | | Since 1990, Clarke Shaw has held a variety of posts |
| executives. Katie Abby, an expert with more than 21 | | | | within VISTA. He most recently led the territory |
| years in the temporary physician or locum tenens | | | | management, national accounts, information technology |
| industry, will serve as president. Clarke Shaw, a | | | | and accounting teams. As executive vice president |
| 16-year veteran within the industry will serve as | | | | and chief operating officer, Shaw will be responsible |
| executive vice president and chief operating officer. | | | | for core domestic locum tenens business operations at |
| Abby and Clarke co-founded VISTA in 1990, along | | | | VISTA and will manage physician recruitment, client |
| with Mark Brouse, CEO. | | | | sales, national accounts, the physician licensure team, |
| "With these promotions, VISTA will further benefit from | | | | and the firm's comprehensive credentials review |
| one of its most valuable resources, an experienced | | | | process. Fully integrating these functions will enhance |
| and talented senior management team," says Brouse. | | | | the company's ability to ensure that the quality |
| "We are committed to providing outstanding | | | | physicians who practice through VISTA are closely |
| opportunities for the personal growth of our | | | | matched with the clinical needs of the healthcare |
| employees, while delivering the highest level of service | | | | organization where they are assigned. |
| to our healthcare clients and physician partners." | | | | About VISTA Staffing Solutions |
| For the past six years, Abby has overseen | | | | VISTA Staffing Solutions is a leading provider of |
| recruitment, credentialing and physician placement at | | | | temporary physician staffing and permanent physician |
| VISTA. In her new role as president, she will work with | | | | search services. Founded in 1990, the |
| three new divisions of the company: Physician Search | | | | employee-owned company helps hospitals, medical |
| and Consulting, International Placement, and Long-term | | | | practices and government agencies solve their |
| Locum Tenens Staffing. These services integrate | | | | physician staffing challenges. VISTA is the only agency |
| closely with VISTA's domestic locum tenens service to | | | | that offers short- and long-term domestic jobs, |
| provide a full range of career opportunities for | | | | international work opportunities, and permanent |
| physicians and a comprehensive physician staffing mix | | | | placement for physicians. The company is a founding |
| for hospitals and medical practices that rely on VISTA | | | | member of the National Association of Locum Tenens |
| strategic staffing support. Abby is also the immediate | | | | Organizations. |