[2] It employs more than 90,000 people[3] in 38 teaching hospitals and receives more than 10 million annual patient visits.

[4] AP-HP is organized in 6 hospital local trusts called "GHU", each associated to a university to offer integrative care to its population.

As a teaching hospitals network, AP-HP trust is in charge of training healthcare professionals and doctors, and plays a prominent role in French healthcare research alongside Inserm.

Succeeding to the conseil général des hospices de Paris, the Administration générale de l'Assistance publique was created by a law of January 10, 1849.

AP-HP is characterized by very specialized departments which allows offering the best care for patients by very experienced professionals.