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Yes. For the 2027 intake RACGP filled every place in the main round and cancelled the second round entirely 1. In 2026 a record 1,772 commenced and a further 1,110 eligible doctors applied and missed out 3. There is no published applicant-to-place ratio — the 2,962-for-1,639 figure is a community read of the distribution matrix 5.
GP is no longer the safety school. RACGP allocated every place in the main round for the 2027 intake and cancelled the second round entirely 1 — the single clearest official signal that supply stopped exceeding demand. In 2026, 1,772 doctors commenced AGPT, up 19% on 2025's 1,507, and a further 1,110 eligible applicants did not get a place 3.
Places are still growing, just slower than applications. Up to 1,694 RACGP plus 374 ACRRM places for 2027, more than 2,000 in total, with 100 supplementary places on top of 2026's extra 200 2; Commonwealth growth is +200 places in 2026, +300 in 2027 and +400 from 2028 4.
No national ratio is published. The widely-quoted "2,962 applicants for 1,639 spots" is a community reading of RACGP's own distribution matrix, not a published figure — treat it as such 5. Every subregion including rural was reportedly oversubscribed on first preference 5.
What that means for how you apply. RACGP selection is a single Casper situational judgement test plus a nine-tier priority framework — no CV, no referees, no interview 1. Your entry-assessment score only ranks you within your tier when that tier is oversubscribed 1. Tier 1 is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and ADF applicants, then RGCU enrolees, rural origin, rural connection, regions of need 1. So the binding constraint is usually region, not entry: metro is saturated and the rural pathways are where the slack is 6.
Why it changed. The sub's read is multifactorial — IMG registration volumes, hospital specialties getting harder and more brutal to train in, and consultant job markets that push people toward the specialty with metro jobs left 7.
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Multifactorial : AHPRA, IMGs, Other Royal Colleges
Inpatient specialties are becoming increasingly competitive, asking ever more of their applicants, and if you get on it can be brutal training.
AGPT and metro training spots are typically saturated. There may be potentially vacancies through the RGTS or RVTS pathways, but you'll have to commit to going rural.
If I were you I would try to get into a training place as soon as possible as the competition ratios will
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