where salina is located is about 150 per 100,000. as older doctors retire, the shortage of rural american doctors is expected to get worse. two kansas counties have no doctor at all. some medical students set out with the intent to set up practice in small towns but things change once they arrive in the urban schools. they get to the big city. they meet a perspective spouse. they get married. they start networking with physicians in that metropolitan area. but the students we talked to say they like the idea of the small town life and the career that goes with it. they also like the idea of helping out these communities that really need them. help? alyssia alicia acuna in denver, thanks. thousands of students will be spending a lot more time in school. five states today announced a plan to add at least 300 hours to the school year. this involves a total of 40 schools in colorado, tennessee, new york, massachusetts and connecticut. it s a three-year pilot