Because whether we're in a hospital or a doctor's office or community health center, nurses are often the first people we see when we walk through that door.

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Nurses and health advisers based at an NHS Direct office in Devon have been taking action over plans to replace the service with the new NHS 111 helpline.

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There were already 10, 000 more nurses working in the NHS than when we came to office, he said.

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