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  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000070318
  TENET HEALTHCARE CORP
  001-07293
  14201 DALLAS PARKWAY
  DALLAS
  TX
  75254
  469-893-2200
  FISHER RICHARD W
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  2100
  185233.44
  101552000
  02/14/2024
  NYSE
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  2100
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  Compensation
  N
  Richard W. Fisher
  14201 Dallas Parkway
  Dallas
  TX
  75254
  Common
  11/21/2023
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  Dallas
  TX
  75254
  Common
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  /s/ Courtney Broxterman, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Richard W. Fisher