--- title: How Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Fill the Gap description: At VISTA Staffing, our goal is to provide consistent information and healthcare staffing solutions in an ever-changing industry. --- [![VISTA-logo-primary-tagline](https://blog.vistastaff.com/hs-fs/hubfs/VISTA-logo-primary-tagline.png?width=150&height=51&name=VISTA-logo-primary-tagline.png "VISTA-logo-primary-tagline")](https://www.vistastaff.com) # [VISTA Archived Blogs](https://blog.vistastaff.com) ## How Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Fill the Gap ![](https://blog.vistastaff.com/hubfs/vistastaff-oct2015/favicon002.png)Posted by [VISTA Staffing](https://blog.vistastaff.com/archive/author/vista-staffing) on Oct 4, 2014 12:33:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Check out the infographic below on how the industry is expected to change in the next 5 years - and how [Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants](https://www.vistastaff.com/advanced-practice/) will help fill the gap in Primary Care! 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