Digressions around a medal.

"First-Aid Community Training" (F.A.C.T.) scheme has been floated to teach the general public correct attitudes towards safety in daily life. This scheme should reduce the number of accidents, and save the country millions of pounds. It is surely an intriguing paradox that in an expanding environment of state medical services a private army of trained unpaid volunteers should be flourishing. The medical profession is the invaluable catalyst between the two systems-both working in the interests of mankind. The stirring story of the oldest active order of chivalry in Christendom, an organization trained by doctors to implement the work of doctors, contains many glorious pages; one hopes that with the continuing much appreciated support of the medical profession and of many people in many lands, yet more glorious pages will be written in the future.