First Medical Associates

First Medical Associates (FMA) is a primary care group founded in 2004 that has grown from a single community clinic into a regional healthcare network with locations across Maryland and Northern Virginia. Its practices offer patient-centered primary care, same-day visits, on-site lab testing, and coordinated support, with a team of physicians and advanced care practitioners. The network reports 59 active providers and 19 locations on its homepage, and its about page cites 18 premium locations and 75+ clinical providers.

First Medical Associates was founded in 2004 and has grown from a single community clinic to a regional healthcare network with 18 locations across Maryland and Northern Virginia. Its timeline notes that the first same-day care center opened in Olney, Maryland in 2008; it relocated to Germantown in 2009; transitioned to a primary care model in 2011; opened a second location in Gaithersburg in 2014; hired a second physician in 2018; grew Germantown to two MDs and two PAs in 2019; opened a Rockville location in 2020; a Columbia location in 2021; a Bowie location in 2022; Nottingham and Silver Spring locations in 2023; and a Frederick location in 2024.

Patient-centered primary care with same-day visits and coordinated support across Maryland and Northern Virginia.

• Primary Care

• Specialized Care

• Telehealth

• Chronic Care

• Same-Day Appointments

• On-Site Lab Testing

1. 1Primary Care in Maryland & Northern Virginia | First Medical Associatesdrsfirst.com
2. 2About First Medical Associates | Maryland & Northern Virginiadrsfirst.com
3. 3Healthcare Services in Maryland & Northern Virginia | First Medical Associatesdrsfirst.com
4. 4Careers | First Medical Associatesdrsfirst.com