Some time ago, our Chief Exec (the only Board member ever actually to have done The Job) was invited by the BBC to go "Back to the Floor", but first he went Back to the Training School. He also took on the filming as a full time task, making it clear that he would take no part in running the service until it was completed. He then worked as an EMT on the streets of one of our cities for (I think) 3 weeks. The most fascinating part of the finished documentary was seeing his reaction on encountering problems he clearly already knew all about, but now at first hand. I particularly recall the effect of his seeing the reality of ambulances stacked at hospitals for up to an hour whilst A&E crews attempted to hand over their (non-emergency) patients. We already thought he was doing a pretty good job (he still is) but the documentary did his reputation no harm either. We strayed into a neighbouring service's patch the next day, and met a home team crew at the hospital. "That your boss on the box last night?" "Yes." "How much do you want for him?"