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The charts illustrate changes in the number of doctors working in Australia, as well as their gender and origin profiles, over the 20-year period from 1986 to 2006. Overall, the total number of practicing doctors in Australia rose significantly across the period. While male doctors were initially the majority, female doctors overtook them in 1996 before the gender gap narrowed again by 2006. The share of foreign-trained doctors peaked in 1996 before falling back to its original level. In 1986, there were 300,000 doctors in Australia, with men accounting for 55% of the workforce, and 60% of all doctors being Australian-born. This total more than doubled to 640,000 by 1996, when female doctors represented a slight majority at 55%, and the proportion of doctors from other nationalities reached parity with local doctors at 50%. By 2006, the total doctor count had grown further to 800,000. Male doctors once again made up a small majority (52%), while Australian-born doctors recovered their 60% share, leaving foreign doctors at 40%, matching the 1986 figure.