Listen to some short extracts from our oral history collection Ali Jawad: challenges faced by overseas graduates Charles Fletcher: first clinical use of penicillin Clare Fowler: conducting air encephalograms David London: description of Nightingale ward Ewa Raglan: hiding her first pregnancy John Bennett: the trauma of taking the MRCP exam Linda Luxon: introduction of medical bleepers Norman Jones: early renal dialysis Rajiv Hanspal: adapting to MCQ exams