title: Four years before the mast.
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Physicians, London, UK richard.thompson@rcplondon.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000639:trends; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013038:Specialization / Q000639:trends; D013222:State Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006113:United Kingdom