Medical mock-up: the rescue services' ability to deal with large numbers of survivors, many suffering the effects of burns, chemical contamination, compound fractures and other injuries was put to the test in a complex exercise off the North Devon coast in July. The RNLI medical and survival committee observed a chain of unfortunate events which was acted out with the help of the Royal Marines and junior servicemen whose role as 'casualties' was very convincing— thanks to some gruesome make-up. Here, less badly injured survivors board Clovelly lifeboat during the exercise which also involved a helicopter from RAF Chivenor, coastguards from Hartland, Appledore lifeboat and llfracombe lifeboat whose crew discovered, amongst their Royal Marine survivors, a heavily disguised Prince Edward..