Will to Survive
Episode 1 · 1986-05-15

- Drama
Episode overview
Tom and Kate are on a clinicround. It's Tom's birthday. There they see a patient named Ted, who complains of stomach-ache. His family situation isn't the best, he doesn't care about his sons and they don't care about him. He is taken to hospital, where he finally makes up with his family. A new doctor, Chris Randall, arrives and everybody is upset that the RFDS headoffice sent a female doctor, especially Violet. Chris has to go out to see a patient with a smashed leg. She does everything she can to help the patient, Jim Spencer. But he really needs to go to hospital. They move Jim to the plane, but the weather is too rough, and Ray, the pilot, can't take off. They have to take Jim back to the house, and Chris makes a very difficult decision - she has to amputate Jim's leg to save his life, despite mrs. Spencer's vishes.
50 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. Will to Survive1986-05-15
2. Trial By Gossip1986-05-22
3. Hot Enough For You1986-05-29
4. Dreams of Sand1986-06-05
5. Public Property1986-06-12
6. Is Nothing Sacred1986-06-19
7. Square Pegs1986-06-26
8. Sins of the Fathers1986-07-07
9. Rally to the Cause1986-07-14
10. Talk of the Town1986-07-21
11. Do You Read Me1986-07-28
12. E.T. - New Girl in Town1986-08-04
13. A Choice of Enemies1986-08-11
14. Departures1986-08-18
15. A Lost Generation1986-08-25
16. Someone Special1986-09-01
17. Return of the Hero1986-09-08
18. Eye of the Beholder1986-09-15
19. Million-acre Prison1986-09-22
20. Like a Death in the Family1986-09-29
21. Fearless Frank1986-10-06
22. Forgiveness1986-10-13
23. Acceptance1986-10-20
24. The Show Goes On1986-10-27
25. To The Rescue (1)1986-11-03
26. Into The Future (2)1986-11-10