KENDRA J. THIGPEN v. CORAZON NGO, M.D., MARSHALL B. FRINK., M.D., NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, INC., EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION, INC., CP/NATIONAL, INC. a/k/a COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS/NATIONAL, INC., and ONSLOW COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

PER CURIAM.

Pursuant to this Court’s opinion in Thigpen v. Ngo, 355 N.C. 198, 558 S.E.2d 162 (2002), the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed in part and discretionary review was improvidently allowed in part. REVERSED IN PART AND DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED IN PART.