Around the world there is a decline in graduates choosing a career in general practice(GP). This is despite data showing strengthening GP and GP continuity of care leads  to improved health, lower mortality, and reduced healthcare-system costs. Many countries rely on importing GPs from other countries, who provide great value. Ideally capturing home grown doctors   We have data showing our medical program has the highest percentage ot graduates choosing to work in metropolitan general practice in the country.  This presentation will reflect on the national statistics and the elements of our medical education that are associated with inspiring graduates to choose the specialty of general practice.The national analysis on GP trainees is based on data of graduates from all medical schools in our country. This data will be shared along with specific characteristics of university medical school education programs that appear to cause a higher percentage of graduates to choose general practice as their training pathway. Insights about rural GP training pathways will be included in this data.This national data of all medical graduates in our country was generated for the first time in 2025. The results were not intuitive nor anticipated, as they were different to expected. Many previous papers have looked at characteristics that are associated with working in rural GP, or career intentions of new graduates; this reveals genuine GP training intent. This is why it is important to reach better understanding of what the drivers are in a medical graduate's education to make them more likely to want to be a GP.The percentage of medical graduates choosing general practice varied from 52% down to 16%.  The insights gained from comparing different approaches used in medical education and clinical placements between the universities with greater success in producing GPs will help improve graduate career choice in GP.The national data combined with information about university GP training (in clinic or classroom) highlights the essential design ingredients of medical training to enhance graduate choice of GP.Graduates have a  higher interest in GP than thought and the medical schools producing GPs can be a surprise.