There are no shortage of spots available. Refer to #2.
Not seeing the clarification here.
Ok, let me state this another way. Quoting from the NRMP report from 2011:
"In 2011, the ratio of PGY-1 positions per active U.S. senior was 1.41, lowest since 1999, but higher than the overall average of 1.39 between 1976 and 2011."
That ratio for the pod match this year, using the latest numbers (appx 508 graduates, 525 spots), is 1.03 position per graduate. Not great, but over 1:1 nonetheless.
If you look at the NRMP, the same thing happens in the MD match that happens in ours.
30,000 applicants for 23,000 positions, only 18,500 of the applicants were 2011 graduates of US schools.
There ARE residency positions for all the graduating students, in our match and theirs.
In our case, it's the re-applicants (appx 70 this year) that push things into a "shortage".
In their case, its IMG + re-applicants.