'Rural Generalist' has been recognised as a specialist medical field within the country's healthcare system. 

RGs are General Practitioners with additional training in emergency medicine and other disciplines. 

The recognition follows six years of lobbying by the RACGP.  

Rural Reporter Dusty Fitzpatrick spoke with the college's Vice President Doctor Ramya Ramen about the move:

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