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.
Memorial Medical Center is a general medical and surgical hospital in Springfield, IL. It performed nearly at the level of nationally ranked U.S. News Best Hospitals in 1 adult specialty. Memorial Medical Center has 473 beds. The hospital had 25,436 admissions in the latest year for which data are available. It performed 8,879 annual inpatient and 11,572 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency room had 69,559 visits. Memorial Medical Center is a teaching hospital.