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=== Australia === In 2011, Health Workforce Australia began developing the role of physician assistant throughout the country culminating with registration and a PA Program based out of [[James Cook University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Why James Cook is starting a PA Program |url=https://www.croakey.org/why-james-cook-university-is-starting-a-physician-assistant-program/ |website=Crokey Health Media |date=31 March 2011 |access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref> The Australian Society of Physician Assistants in 2011 published a code of practice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Table of Contents |url=http://www.aspa-australianpas.org/forms/code_of_practice_may13.pdf |website=Code of Practice}}</ref> Despite all initial indicators showing that the new profession would be successfully integrated into the health care system, in 2013 it was reported that the progress had floundered resulting in the majority of PAs in Australia being unemployed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Physician Assistants in Australia: the solution to workforce woes?|url=http://www.amsj.org/archives/3005|access-date=2018-04-17|website=Australian Medical Student Journal|date=24 July 2013 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
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