As the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will be launched in 2015, the free flow of skilled labour and free(r) flow of investment, the key elements for being the single market and production base of the AEC, seem to create attractive options for medical personnel in Thailand. The research study analyzed the possibility of Thai nurses to change their workplace from rural to urban and from rural/urban to overseas. It also discusses the implication of such change to the health services in rural Thailand