David Campbell studied medicine after overcoming an initial desire to be an engineer. He attended London University and trained at the Royal Free Hospital, graduating in 1967. While there he gained notoriety as a student for hanging a chamber pot on the hook at the end of a massive crane being used

John Beverley King studied medicine at the London Hospital Medical College and graduated MB, BS in 1967. During his orthopaedic training at the London, he was also attached to the knee unit at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital for a time. Later he obtained a fellowship to study in France with