Over the last 30 years of NAPRTCS registry data, we have been fortunate to witness the dramatic decline in the rates of early first AR (within 12 months post-transplant) in each more recent cohort. 1 These early AR improvements, coupled with nearly parallel cumulative incidence slopes of late first AR (beyond 12 months post-transplant), led to significant drops in the cumulative 48-month first AR rate. The reasons for these reductions are multi-factorial: more potent immunosuppression, improvements in surgical techniques, better donor selection, and immunological matching.However, the data from the most recent cohorts revealed a disturbing trend. Chua et al showed a higher cumulative incidence of late first AR (defined as first AR after 12 months post-transplant) that made the 48-month cumulative first AR rate higher in the 2012-2017 living donor cohort than the last two living donor cohorts of