I don't work in this particular division but have friends who do................ Fraserburgh is out in the sticks and good 45 minutes (at a guess) from the hospital in Aberdeen along country roads. Out in the Highlands Paramedic back up (that I can call for easily in the city) can be up to an hour away. At the moment the service are pushing a huge amount of people through the paramedic training to hit the target of at least 1 paramedic per vehicle and paramedic manned RRU's, I am being encouraged to go fro paramedic as soon as possible after I qualify as a Tech so its heading in the right direction but these things take time.