She then worked as a sole practitioner until January 1977.

"You want either a sole practitioner or a small firm," she said.

A sole practitioner for much of his career, he retired last year.

He would be the sole practitioner available to patients around the clock.

From 1982 to 1991, he maintained his law practice as a sole practitioner.

From 1950 to 1957 Kirk worked again as sole practitioner.

"It's important for everyone to realize that he was not a sole practitioner all these years," she said.

The sole practitioner faces some special problems in financial management.

He served in private practice as a sole practitioner from 1994 to 1996.

"They've lost once this year to the sole practitioners," he said of his firm.