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he
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em
ber
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xam
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eign
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st
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m
em
bers
who
have
an
accepted
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v
er
seas
qual
i
f
i
cat
i
on,
or
who
have
an
overseas
qual
if
i
cat
i
on
and
have
passed
t
he
RCVS
Statut
ory
M
em
ber
shi
p
Exam
i
nat
i
on
.
T
em
porar
y
Li
st
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t
em
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ar
y
m
em
ber
s
or
visiting
Eur
opean
vet
er
inar
y
surg
eons.
S
uppl
ement
ar
y
Vet
er
i
nar
y
Regist
er
-
members
w
ho
wer
e,
or
were
enti
t
l
ed
t
o
be,
Registered
Vet
eri
nar
y
Pr
acti
ti
oners
p
r
ior
t
o
t
he
introduction
o
f
t
he
Vet
er
i
nar
y
S
ur
geons
Act
1966.1I
ncl
udes
t
he
Scot
t
i
sh
Agr
icult
ur
al
College.2This
figure
is
c
a
lcu
lat
e
d
by
subtraction
and
i
ncludes
all
me
mb
e
r
s
o
f
the
profession
not
allocated
e
lse
wh
er
e
,
in
addition
to
those
in
g
ener
al
pract
ic
e.
Estim
ates
from
our
Survey
of
t
he
Pr
ofessio
n
2006
in
d
icat
ed
that
about
91%
o
f
this
gr
oup
(12,500
in
2008)
were
likely
to
be
i
n
some
fo
rm
o
f
g
e
n
e
ra
l
practice.3Vet
er
inary
surg
eons
r
esi
d
ent
in
t
he
Republic
of
I
r
el
and
who
qu
ali
fi
ed
bef
or
e
1
June
1988
and
r
em
ai
n
RCVS
m
em
ber
s.Table
1.
N
um
bers
and
distribution
of
the
professionG
en
eral
Li
st
I
G
en
eral
Li
st
II
C
ommonweal
th
Li
st
F
o
rei
gn
Li
st
Temp
orary
Li
st
Sup
p
l
ementary
Veteri
n
ary
Regi
ster
G
overn
ment
servi
ce
U
n
iv
e
rs
i
t
i
es
a
n
d
co
l
le
g
e
s
R
esearch
i
nsti
tutes
In
dustr
y
and
commerce
Chari
ti
es
an
d
t
rusts
G
eneral
pr
acti
ce
or
otherFigure
1.
Breakdown
of
members
by
category
of
regist
erable
qualification
Figure
2.
Breakdown
of
home-practising
m
embers
by
category
of
employment5
.
4%
1
4.
2%
1
0.
3%
2
.4
%
5.2%
7
3%
0
.1
%
<
0.1%
0.1%
1
.7%
2
.4%
8
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