TY - JOUR T1 - ACT 1 SCENE 1 JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 69 LP - 69 VL - 55 IS - 510 AU - David Connell Y1 - 2005/01/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/55/510/69.1.abstract N2 - A typical down-at-heel rural surgery in northeast Scotland.Curtain opens to reveal the faithful GP sitting at his desk — a rather tired lacklustre fellow whose looks belie his young years. The surgery has seen better days and has long outgrown the purpose for which it was built those few short years ago.Enter Sandy, a stoical local ploughman who has eventually … ER -