Sam is the only “real” nurse there. She doesn’t treat the doctors with insipid deference. She doesn’t let anyone push her around. Her private life is a total mess, a single mom, with a scary ex. I’ve know dozens of her. She should be told to leave her kid at home.
I think Luka is about the scariest character there. He has violence and anger issues. He let’s his background and feelings interfere with his practice of medicine. In other words, he’s one of the more authentic personality on the show.
IIRC, Malik started out as an orderly.I think he’s related to Haleh. Those two and Jerry are the only one’s who were in the pilot through last season.
Frank & Lily did start in 1994, but in September, the second season.
Pickman is a paramedic, but she hasn’t been on much lately. She was on more when Makr Greene was still around.
I was very disappointed that John Stamos’s character turned out to be an intern. I thought it would have been more interesting for Neela to date a paramedic. The whole medic-turned-doctor bit is lame. Besides, they sort of already did that with Abby’s storyline.
And no way would a full-time medic have time to be going to med school.