Victor L. Campbell | HCA Healthcare, Inc. |
R. Milton Johnson | HCA Healthcare, Inc. |
William B. Rutherford | HCA Healthcare, Inc. |
Samuel N. Hazen | HCA Healthcare, Inc. |
Stephen Baxter | Wolfe Research LLC |
Matthew Borsch | BMO Capital Markets (United States) |
Joshua Raskin | Nephron Research LLC |
A. J. Rice | Credit Suisse Securities (NYSE:USA) LLC |
Stephen Tanal | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Peter Heinz Costa | Wells Fargo Securities LLC |
Frank George Morgan | RBC Capital Markets LLC |
Sarah E. James | Piper Jaffray & Co. |
Ana A. Gupte | Leerink Partners LLC |
Matthew D. Gillmor | Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. |
Brian Gil Tanquilut | Jefferies LLC |
Michael Newshel | Evercore ISI |
Kevin Mark Fischbeck | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Ralph Giacobbe | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
Gary P. Taylor | JPMorgan Securities LLC |
Good day and welcome to the HCA First Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time for opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the call over to the Senior Vice President, Mr. Vic Campbell. Please go ahead, sir.