April 16, 2001. The comedy was set during the Korean War, after all, and in the 1950s, few women were physicians. They are establishing private practices, working shifts in hospital emergency departments, delivering babies, performing surgeries and teaching medical students. In general, television has acknowledged the trend.
Medical shows created in the past few years have at least some female doctors.
The main male characters are the hospital administrator, Dr. Robert Jackson, and nurse Peter Riggs. The only semi-prominent practicing male physician on the show is a doctor who does double duty as Dr. Stowe's love interest. To do that, a variety of questions must be answered. Although women have made inroads in the practice of medicine, both in numbers and in the types of positions they hold, I'm sure many would argue that they still have a long way to go before they are fully accepted into the profession. And being equal does not mean being alike.