To analyze the directions of change in health-related employment in Ohio over the next decade in order to provide limited guidelines for the development of education and training programs in the allied health field, an examination was made of health manpower data derived from the 1950-1970 U.S. Censuses. The examination revealed that the health manpower stock has grown at a very rapid rate over the past 20 years and is projected to increase at an even faster pace over the coming decade. The growth in health-related employment has occurred in those job functions generally requiring less education and training than those occupations traditionally identified with the health care field, e.g., the physician. These allied health manpower functions have been expanding at three to four times the annual rate of growth of highly-trained core practitioners. Several educational policy implications resulting from this and other trends include: (1) Educational resources must expand to operate the training system needed to meet the demand for trained manpower, (2) Greater attention must be accorded health-related education, which implies a shift away from university-level programs to secondary and junior college programs, and (3) There will be increasing need for coordinating the entire health training system. (Author/SB)