AMN Healthcare Services can trace its roots back to 1985 when it was founded by Gayle and Steve Francis of Nevada. The company placed its first traveling nurse at Washoe Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, that same year. The company moved headquarters to San Diego, California, in 1987.
Mr. Francis, a former Nevada state Assembly member, was CEO of the company until 2005 when former CFO Susan Salka was promoted to CEO. The company provides healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Nurse and Allied Solutions, Locum Tenens Solutions, and Other Workforce Solutions
AMN Healthcare also offers allied staffing on a travel and local staffing basis under the Med Travelers and Club Staffing brands; physician permanent placement services under the Merritt Hawkins, MillicanSolutions, and Kendall & Davis brands to hospitals, healthcare facilities, and physician practice groups; vendor management systems, including ShiftWise and Medefis technologies.
In 2017, AMN ranked #11 on the Fortune list of 100 Fastest Growing Companies. The company is traded publicly on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AMN 
AMN Healthcare Services can trace its roots back to 1985 when it was founded by Gayle and Steve Francis of Nevada. The company placed its first traveling nurse at Washoe Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, that same year. The company moved headquarters to San Diego, California, in 1987.
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Mr. Francis, a former Nevada state Assembly member, was CEO of the company until 2005 when former CFO Susan Salka was promoted to CEO. The company provides healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Nurse and Allied Solutions, Locum Tenens Solutions, and Other Workforce Solutions
AMN Healthcare also offers allied staffing on a travel and local staffing basis under the Med Travelers and Club Staffing brands; physician permanent placement services under the Merritt Hawkins, MillicanSolutions, and Kendall & Davis brands to hospitals, healthcare facilities, and physician practice groups; vendor management systems, including ShiftWise and Medefis technologies.
In 2017, AMN ranked #11 on the Fortune list of 100 Fastest Growing Companies. The company is traded publicly on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AMN