Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc.

Good morning and welcome to the Aviana Healthcare Holdings First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded and we have allocated one hour for prepared remarks and Q&A. At this time, I'd like to turn the conference over to Shannon Drake, Aviana's Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. Thank you. You may begin.

Thank you, Melissa. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. Speaking on today's call are Rod Windley, Aviana's Executive Chairman, Tony Strange, Aviana's Chief Executive Officer and President, David Afshar, our Chief Financial Officer, and Jeff Shaner, Aviana's Chief Operating Officer. Before we begin, I have a few housekeeping matters. We issued our earnings press release and filed our 10-Q yesterday. These documents are available on the Investor Relations section of our website at www.aviana.com. Also, a replay of this call will be available until June 2, 2021. We want to remind anyone that may be listening to a replay of this call that all statements made are as of today, May 26, 2021, and these statements have not been nor will they be updated subsequent to today's call. Also, today's call may contain forward-looking statements which may be identified by words such as may, could, will, expect, intend, plan, and other similar words and expressions. All forward-looking statements made today are based on management's current expectations, assumptions, and beliefs about our business and the environment in which we operate. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to materially differ from those expressed or implied on today's call. Listeners should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and are encouraged to review our SEC filings for a more complete discussion of factors that could impact our results, including, in particular, those risks disclosed under the risk factor headings of our filings. Except as required by federal securities laws, Aviana does not undertake to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements subsequent to the date made as a result of new information future events, changing circumstances, or for any other reason. Also, we supplement our financial results reported in accordance with certain non-GAAP financial measures. When viewed together with our GAAP results, we believe that these measures can provide a more complete understanding of our business and operating results, but they should not be relied upon to the exclusion of our financial results reported in accordance with GAAP In addition, a reconciliation of any non-GAAP measure mentioned during our call to the most comparable GAAP measure will be available in our earnings press release and 10-Q, both of which are available on our website and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Following today's prepared remarks, we will open the call to questions. Please limit your initial comments to one question and one follow-up so that we can accommodate as many callers as possible in the allotted time. With that, I will turn the call over to Aviana's Executive Chairman, Rod Windley. Rod?

Thank you, Shannon, and welcome to Aviana's first earnings call. I'd like to take a moment and thank everyone on the call today for your interest and commitment to Aviana as we move forward as a public company. In addition, I'd like to thank everyone, including our Board of Directors, our accountants, our lawyers, and most of all, our employees. Your hard work has culminated in the important milestone that brought Aviana to the NASDAQ exchange on April the 29th. We are extremely proud of our results for this quarter and our continued growth through acquisitions. As previously disclosed, our recent acquisition of Doctors' Choice further expands our footprint in the state of Florida, one of the fastest-growing geriatric markets in the country. Our pipeline of acquisitions remains robust, and we plan to continue to accelerate our growth through this process as we move forward. Finally, we are excited to announce that Dr. Erica Schwartz has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Aviana. Dr. Schwartz brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the boardroom, having previously served as Deputy Surgeon General and Chief of Health Services for the U.S. Coast Guard. We are thrilled to have Dr. Schwartz join our team. And with that, let me turn it over to Tony and the team to discuss our Q1 results. Tony?