I've heard it all now! Ambulance crew criticised for turning up too soon? Can I suggest to avoid this situation developing in the future, you sit in the cab outside the house until a few seconds before the target limit? Of course, the patient and their family sat in the house watching you will understand perfectly why you are doing this. Perhaps we police officers can follow this example? This would ensure that instead of arriving in time to prevent a crime, we could get there just as the crime is committed, thereby increasing detection rates. So rather than preventing a burglary, we can detect one - the same could apply to the situation where a young girl is being attacked in an alley. Why jump in at the stage where we have an assault when we can wait a few minutes and have a detection for rape? Please note that the above comments are facetious - how can anyone possibly complain about an emergency service getting on scene too early? The world gets madder every day.