I agree, but in how many profession can you have the satisfaction of saying "I saved a life today"?

>You're right, they had a huge investment in education (8+ years), they likely had huge school loans to pay off, and they face stressful life and death situations every day with little or no margin for error. We make a mistake, even a big mistake...ok, we get slapped around....but if they make a mistake, the consequences are much more severe.