After four years of hard work and study, it's graduation day for the first cohort of 24 Sydney University rural medical students who have completed their degree in the regional New South Wales centre of Dubbo.

They're set to make their mark across regional and rural Australia as country doctors practising in local communities.

• Guests:

  Laura Mattiske, Doctor of Medicine graduate

  Associate Professor Paul Lunney, School of Rural Health at the University of Sydney

• Producer: Oscar Coleman