Facts
The motto of the State of North Carolina is:
To be rather than to seem.
The present state constitution was adopted in 1971.
Between 1990 and 2000, there was an increase in the state’s general population of 22%, while the number of physicians in the state increased by 49.8 % from 1994 to 2001.
608 Medical Malpractice lawsuits were filed in North Carolina in 2002.
