Assistant Surgeon — Shane Douglas

Dr. Bill Randall, assistant surgeon in the flying medico. Dr. Glen Carew, falls in love with a beautiful nurse only to find that his rival is the patient whose life he is duty-bound to save…

THE INEXPERIENCED YOUNG SURGEON HAD NO OTHER CHOICE

He knew it in his heart. He saw it in the eyes of the woman he loved, the beautiful nurse who watched over the dying man with anxious tenderness.

Here in this ranch house the assistant surgeon must perform and operation which few specialists would dare to attempt even in the sterile cleanliness of the best-equipped modern surgery. He must cut to the heart, keep it pumping while he restricted the blood flow, and remove the embolism that was killing rancher Jim Ballard.

It was a crucially dangerous operation but it meant Ballard's last chance for life. The young surgeon had no choice. He had to operate…now.