The following report is an initial glimpse into the survey results and MT professional community. This survey is the first of its kind to try to document the demographics, training, experience, and thoughts of medical transcriptionists. There is no complete understanding of how many people are engaged in medical transcription worldwide. Therefore, it cannot be said to what extent the following results are reflective of the MT workforce. At the same time, our understanding of the MT community provides an indication that the results are on some level representative. The results are based on 3809 responses generated through an on-line survey created by the research team in conjunction with representatives from the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI). The survey was “live” from August to December of 2007, and promoted through AHDI, medical transcription service organizations (or MTSOs), and MT on-line discussion boards. The results were then filtered for any potential duplicate responses. This report provides an initial illustration of the survey’s results.