Many colleagues working in developing countries have few textbooks or journals.
The first issue has been kindly sponsored by the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists and we are grateful to Mr Alex Morris and Mrs Carol Wilson for their help with the illustrations. Initially the journal is being produced twice a year and will cover all aspects of anaesthesia including the basic sciences, general and regional anaesthesia and practical topics such as maintenance of equipment. It will be supplied free of charge to distributors within your countries, usually your National Society of Anaesthetists. As editors we need to know if you would like to receive the journal, which organisation we can send it to in your country and what sort of subjects you would like us to cover. The more criticism and suggestions received, the better the journal will become.