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Sales increased in the Nurse and Allied Healthcare Staffing (up 13%) and Physician Permanent Placement Services (up 9%) segments, partly mitigated by a sales decline at the Locum Tenens Staffing segment(down 6%).
The company said semiconductor materials segment revenue was down from a year ago due to lower prices, but slightly higher sequentially due to higher volume.