Before revision: "Women and children first", known to a lesser extent as the Birkenhead drill, is a unofficial code of conduct whereby the lives of women and children were to be saved first in a life-threatening situation, typically abandoning ship, when survival resources such as lifeboats were limited.
After revision: "Women annd children first", known to a lesser extent as the Birkenhead drill, is a unofficial code of conduct whereby the lives of women and children were to be saved first in a life-threatening situation, typically abandoning ship, when survival resources such as lifeboats were limited.