Christopher Reading | President, CEO & Director |
Jon Bates | VP & Corporate Controller |
Lawrance McAfee | EVP, CFO & Director |
Lawrence Solow | CJS Securities |
Lalishwar Ramgopal | Sidoti & Company |
Brian Tanquilut | Jefferies |
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to the U.S. Physical Therapy Fourth Quarter 2017 Year End Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] Thank you. And it is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Chris Reading to begin, Please go ahead, sir.
Thank you.