This report focuses on the Study of Allied Health Education (SAHE) project that was established for the purpose of designing an action plan on a national scale for allied health and nursing education. The specific task of the project was the determination of the role that community and junior colleges might fulfill in increasing ambulatory care in the United States. The study involved regional workshops, national conferences, special interviews, questionnaires, and a literature search. This report presents the major findings and recommendations resulting from those activities. The chapters of the book are: 1. SAHE Objectives: Definition of Primary and Ambulatory Care; Objectives--Student Related Issues; Curriculum Development and Quality of Instruction; Articulation, Teacher Preparation, and Continuing Education; Administration and Administrative Costs; Manpower Information; Emerging Health Care Programs; 2. SAHE Procedures: National Advisory Committee; National Professional Associations Conferences; Regional Workshops; Questionnaire: Clinical Instruction; Continuing Education and Consumer Health Education; 3. SAHE Findings: Priorities for SAHE Objectives; Literature Search; Conference and Workshops; SAHE Questionnaire; Status of Clinical Instruction; and Continuing Education and Consumer Health Education; 4. SAHE Recommendations; Targets of Opportunity; and 5. SAHE Projections. Nine appendixes, three figures, and 16 tables are included. (DB)