I believe that it helps to stay in California for medical school. Even at the two DO schools in CA, most graduates enter into residencies in CA. The following is the 2004 matchlist for Western/COMP. You'll notice that most graduates entered into primary care allopathic residencies in CA.
---COMP 2004 Matchlist---
Internal Medicine U Southern California
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship UNECOM/Albany Medical College
AOA- CMB:T/Family Practice Doctors Hospital Med. Ctr. Montclair
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Crozier-Chester Med. Ctr.
Internal Medicine Alameda CO MedCtr-CA
Anesthesiology University Hosps-Jackson-MS
Pediatrics Loma Linda University-CA
Family Practice Kaiser Permanente-CA
Family Practice/Billing Montana Family Practice
Psychiatry U Colorado SOM-Denver
AOA - Tripler Army Medical Center
Pediatrics Stanford Univ Progs-CA
Family Practice Riverside County Reg Med-CA
AOA Tripler Army Medical Center
Family Practice Glendale Adventist-CA
Emergency Medicine TX Tech U affil ?El Paso
Family Practice Methodist Hop-Sacramento-CA
Internal Medicine White Mem Med Ctr-LA-CA
Emergency Medicine U Arkansas-Little Rock
AOA CMB: Emergency Medicine OUCOM/COM/Doctors Hospital ? Columbus
Psychiatry U Hawaii Affil Psych Res
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Riverside County Regional Medical Ctr.
Family Practice Scripps Mem Hosp
Psychiatry-UCLA/SFVP VA Greater LA Hlth Sys-CA
AOA Naval Hospital - San Diego
Family Practice Glendale Adventist
Medicine-Preliminary UC Irvine Med Ctr-CA
Family Practice Pomona Valley Hosp-CA
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Dostors Hospital Med. Ctr. - Montclair
Transitional(2nd ) Emergency Med. Kern Medical Center-CA
Internal Medicine White Mem Med Ctr-LA-CA
Pathology Loma Linda University-CA
AOA - CMB: T/Family Practice Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
AOA Naval Hospital - San Diego
Pediatrics Martin L King Jr./Drew-CA
AOA - CMB: FP/Family Practice NYCOM/Jamaica Hospital Div
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship PCOM/ Philadelphia Consortium
AOA Naval Hospital - San Diego
Phys Medicine & Rehab Stanford Univ Prog-CA
Family Practice PIH Fam Prac Res-whittier-CA
Internal Medicine U Southern California
AOA Bremerton Naval Hospital
No PGY1
Internal Med White Mem Med Ctr-LA-CA
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship UNECOM/ Univ. of Connecticut Health Ctr.
Family Practice UC Irvine Med Ctr-CA
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship NYCOM/St. Clare's Hospital
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Downey Regional Medical Center
Preliminary U Neveda Affil Hosp-Vegas
AOA Naval Hospital - Pendleton
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Doctors' Hospital of Montclair
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Downey Regional Medical Center
Family Practice Kaiser Permanente- Fontana-CA
Family Practice California Hosp Med Ctr
Internal Medicine Kaiser Perm-Santa Clara-CA
Family Practice Jamaica Hosp Med Ctr NY
Family Practice Harbor-UCLA Med Ctr-CA
AOA - CMB:T/Family Practice Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Family Practice St. Anthony Hospitals-CO
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Peninsula Hospital Center
Pediatrics St. Vincents Hosp-NY
Internal Medicine Kendra Ochsner Clinic Foundation-LA
Obstetrics-Gynecology Queens Hosp/Mt Sinai-NY
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship NYCOM/St. Clare's Hospital
Family Practice Pomona Valley Hosp-CA
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship MSUCOM/EW Sparrow Hospital
Pediatrics Loma Linda University-CA
Pediatrics U Nevada Affil Hosp-Vegas
Internal Medicine Huntington Memorial-CA
AOA Travis Air Force Base/Grant Med.
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Downey Regional Medical Center
Family Practice Harbor- UCLA Med Ctr-CA
AOA - CMB:T/Family Practice Doctors' Hospital & Med. Center, Montclair
AOA - CMB:IM/Internal Medicine MSUCOM/Huron Valley - Sinai Hospital
AOA - CMB:T/Family Practice Doctors' Hospital of Montclair
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Riverside County Regional Medical Center
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Metropolitan Hospital
AOA Naval Hospital - Bethesda
Medicine-Pediatrics Loma Linda Univ-CA
Internal Medicine Kaiser Permanente-Oakland-CA
Family Practice Long Beach Mem Med Ctr-CA
Internal Medicine Alameda Co Med Ctr-CA
Family Practice UC Irvine Med Ctr-CA
Family Practice St. Josephs Hosp-AZ
AOA - CMB:IM/ Internal Medicine MSUCOM/Huron Valley - Sinai Hopsital
Psychiatry UC San Francisco-Fresno-CA
Family Practice Kaiser Permanente- Riverside-CA
Family Practice UC Irvine Med Ctr-CA
AOA Naval Hospital - San Diego
Internal Medicine UC Irvine Med Ctr-CA
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Downey Regional Medical Center
Pediatrics Kaiser Permanente-LA-CA
Family Practice Middlesex Hospital-CT
Family Practice Glendale Adventist-CA
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Peninsula Hospital Center
AOA - CMB/T/Family Practice Downey Regional Medical Center
Pediatrics Kaiser Permanente-LA-CA
Family Practice Sutter Med Ctr-Santa Rosa-CA
AOA - CMB:FP/Family Practice Florida Hospital East Orlando
Internal Medicine Med Coll Wisconsin Aff Hosps
AOA- Trad. Rotating Internship Downey Regional Medical Center
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Family Practice Northridge Hosp Med Ctr-CA
AOA - CMB:T/Orthopaedic Surgery Botsford General Hospital
Family Practice Harbor-UCLA Med Ctr-CA
Family Practice Kaiser Permanente-Fontana-CA
Psychiatry UC Davis Med Ctr-Sac Ca
Family Practice St. Anthony Hospital-CO
Family Practice Pomona Valley Hosp-CA
Anesthesiology-4yr Baystate Med Ctr-MA
Family Practice St Anthony Hospital-CO
AOA E. Bergquistr USAF Regional Hospital
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship
AOA -Trad. Rotating Internship Downey Regional Medical Center
Internal Medicine Loma Linda University-CA
Pediatrics Austin Med Educ Progs-TX
Pediatrics U Nevada Affil Hosp-Vegas
Transitional Arrowhead Reg. Med Ctr-CA
AOA - CMB: T/Emergency Medicine St. John Oakland Hospital
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Doctors' Hospital of Montclair
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship MSUCOM/ Huron Valley - Sinai Hospital
Psychiatry-UCLA/SFVP VA Greater LA Hlth Sys-CA
Anesthesiology-4yr Baystate Med Ctr-MA
Family Practice Arrowhead Reg Med Ctr-CA
Transitional San Joaquin Gen Hosp
Pediatrics UC San Francisco-Fresno-CA
AOA - CMB: T/Family Practice Downey Regional Medical Center
AOA - CMB: T/Family Practice Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Family Practice St Marks Family Med-UT
AOA - CMB: FP/Family Practice NYCOM/Jamaica Hospital Div
AOA - Trad. Rotating Internship Pacific Hospital of Long Beach
Medicine-Primary Loma Linda University-CA