Amble, Northumberland - At 1.14 a.m. on i5th July, 1967, it was learnt that a sick man aboard the motor vessel Ashdene of Sunderland required urgent medical assistance. The life-boat Millie Walton, with a doctor on board, slipped her moorings at 1.56 in a moderate east by north breeze and a rough sea. It was four hours after high water. After examination of the sick man the doctor decided that oxygen was required and the life-boat returned to Amble for a supply. After treatment the patient was transferred to the life-boat and she returned to harbour where an ambulance was waiting. The life-boat returned to her station at 4.42..