When Emergency! premiered, it wasn’t just another TV drama — it was a game-changer. Created by Jack Webb of Dragnet fame, the show unflinchingly ... Federal funding for paramedic training ...

When I was a kid in the ’70s, no TV show thrilled — or terrorized — me more than my parents’ Saturday night staple, Emergency! Credited with helping to build America’s paramedic program ...

Medical shows have long been a TV ... an emergency, call Dixie McCall, portrayed by torch singer Julie “Cry Me a River” London on Emergency! (1972-77), the pioneering series about a paramedic ...