U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the U.S. Physical Therapy First Quarter 2024 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. In order to ask a question during that session, please press the star key followed by the number one key on your telephone. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. If you require any further assistance, please press star, then zero. I'd now like to turn the call over to Chris Redding, President and CEO. Please go ahead, sir. Okay. Thanks, David.

Good morning and welcome, everyone, to our U.S. Physical Therapy first quarter 2024 earnings call. With me on the line this morning include Carrie Hendrickson, our CFO, Eric Williams, who is our COO East, And Eric will be assuming a larger role in our company as he takes over as president in just a few weeks after our annual meeting later this month, so we congratulate him on that. Graham Reeve, our COO at West, and Jake Martinez, our Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting. Before we begin our prepared remarks, I'll ask Jake to cover a brief disclosure statement.

Thank you, Chris. This presentation contains forward-looking statements. which involves certain risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are based on the company's current views and assumptions. The company's actual results may vary materially from those anticipated. Please see the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more information. Thanks, Jake.