It has been my privilege to be associated with general practice in the British Army for over 20 years.It all began when Robert Drew and I both used to attend combined medical rounds at Guy's Hospital on a Friday afternoon.I was a G.P. seeking to keep up with clinical medicine and Robert then was Commandant at the Royal Army Medical College at Millbank.He asked me for my opinions on general practice in general and on general practice in the Army.Since then I have watched with admiration the steady progress and development of general practice in the Army.It has shown what can be achieved with sound sense, perseverance, perspiration, application, demonstration and inspiration.Starting just a century ago David Bruce showed the same characteristics and followed similar principles in dealing with somewhat different problems in outlying parts of our then great British Empire.
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