In the past, surgeons were considered the creme de la creme of the medical community, and this field was frequently the first choice of the top graduates of medical schools. Thus it was not easy to be admitted to this specialty.
過去外科醫師在醫界堪稱菁英中的菁英，往往是許多優秀醫學院畢業生的第一選擇，因此，要進入外科相當不容易。