U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the U.S. Physical Therapy Q1 2021 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star 1 on your telephone. Please be advised that the day's conference is being recorded. If you require any further assistance, please press star 0. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Chris Redding, Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead.

Thanks, Shalon. Good morning and welcome, everyone, to our first quarter 2021 earnings call. With me in the office or on the call today include Carrie Hendrickson, our CFO, Graham Reeve and Glenn McDowell, our COOs, Rick Binstein, our General Counsel, and John Bates, our Vice President and Controller. As we typically do, Carrie and I have some prepared remarks ahead of taking your questions. John, will you start by covering our brief disclosure?

Thanks, Chris. This presentation contains forward-looking statements which involve certain risks and uncertainties. And these forward-looking statements are based on the company's current views and assumptions and the company's actual results can vary materially from those anticipated. Please see the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more information. Thanks, John.