Reading between the lines, there will be less need for EMT's as NHS has found a way to be efficient and realized they can save mucho dinero by turning over ambulances quickly. "..Ninety-six per cent of patients are seen within four hours in accident and emergency departments and 99 per cent are offered an appointment with a GP within two days.........that no patient should wait more than six months for hospital treatment by December 2005 - which was once dismissed by critics as a pipe dream.." http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=589602 no more excuses 3 patients a shift?