I confess that although I respect the work that registered nurses and physician's assistants do, it can be an aggravating process having your relationship with the physician ultimately severed. Veterinarians are already squeezed financially and I predict that the loss of market share of DVM associates to midlevel care professionals would be detrimental to the already ailing profession. While they may address targeting under-served communities, ultimately, practice owners in saturated markets would employ midlevel professionals to keep costs low, further decreasing the number of associate level positions available as well as ultimately aggravating the client base. I think this is a horrible idea.