The central goal of the More Doctors Program (MDP) is to achieve 2.7 doctors/1,000 inhabitants by 2026, and to do so its main objective relies on creating new residency vacancies and programmes during this period. However, a more immediate strategy tackle both the shortage and the uneven distribution of doctors, is the emergency provision of doctors. The Brazilian federal government made an open call for both Brazilian and foreign doctors to work in areas with the country´s worst record of social vulnerability. This study evaluates the emergency provision using Program Evaluation Theory. Statistical analyses were conducted on secondary data from two different sources: Project Management System (Sistema de Gerenciamento de Projetos-SGP) and Longitudinal Family Health Strategy Coverage Data (Historico de Cobertura da Saude da Familia-HCSF), in order to confirm if the doctors were, indeed, placed in the prioritized areas, and the effects on the coverage Family Health Strategy (FHS). Approximately 73% of the Brazilian municipalities received at least one MDP doctor. From 65% to 83% of the doctors were placed in the prioritized municipalities, depending on the criteria adopted. Around 82% were working within the FHS, for which there was an increase of 15.7% in the FHS coverage in two years. Among the Brazilian regions, the percentage varied from 10% to 25%. Based on Program Evaluation Theory, this study found that the emergency provision is succeeding at reaching the most vulnerable areas of the country. As for FHS coverage, despite these conclusive findings, more research is needed, in particular longitudinal research, to ascertain whether there is a causal link with the MDP.