The construction of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the town in 1974 sparked a period of rapid growth. Between 1980 and 1990, Flower Mound's population increased from 4,402 to 15,896.
Wayne UNC Healthcare is a 316-bed community, not-for-profit hospital, which has been serving residents in Wayne County and surrounding areas for 120 years. With 1,700 employees and more than 150 physicians, our mission is to provide quality healthcare services through the compassionate hands of well-trained staff in a technologically advanced, cost-effective manner.
There are about 300 physicians on staff. In a given year at Phoebe Putney. Memorial Hospital, nearly 3,000 babies are born, approximately 53,000 people visit the. emergency room, and about 16,000 surgeries are performed.i Phoebe Putney is significantly. larger than its only area competitor, the for-profit hospital Palmyra Medical Centers, which.