LOSING OUT TO DR. BINGHAM IN A COMPETITION FOR HOUSE SURGEON WHEN HE OFFENDS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, YOUNG DR. SIMON SPARROW FINDS HIMSELF GOING FROM POST TO POST, FILLING IN FOR OTHER PHYSICIANS. AT ONE DISTANT COUNTRY POST, HE IS TAKEN ABACK WHEN HE WORKS WITH A PATIENT WHOSE HUSBAND DIED AFTER SIMON TREATED THE MAN YEARS BEFORE. IN ANOTHER HOSPITAL, SIMON EXAMINES A SURPRISINGLY MATURE TEEN AND ALSO TRIES COURTING DEVOTED NURSE NAN MCPHERSON. STARRING DIRK BOGARDE, MURIEL PAVLOW, DONALD SINDEN, JAMES ROBERTSON JUSTICE.