May 19, 2020 / 02:55PM GMT
Frank George Morgan - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division - MD of Healthcare Services Equity Research & Analyst
Good morning. Frank Morgan here. We're going to continue our fireside chats today with HCA. With us today, we're fortunate to have CFO, Bill Rutherford; and Mark Kimbrough from Investor Relations. Welcome, gentlemen.
William B. Rutherford - HCA Healthcare, Inc. - Executive VP & CFO
Hey, Frank. How are you? And hello, everyone.
Questions and Answers:
Frank George Morgan - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division - MD of Healthcare Services Equity Research & AnalystAll is well here. Let's start out. I know first quarter earnings season is basically done now. And after a while, it was started sounding like Groundhog Day, where regardless of what subsector of health care it was, the first 2.5 months of the quarter were great and looked like they were on pace to maybe even be record earnings until COVID hit. So my thought is I want to make sure you would agree with that assessment. And then