Every patient is treated on an individual basis. The phrase “patient care pathway” is used by Defence Medical Services to refer to the totality of treatment any injured or sick individual receives, from point of injury or presenting for treatment to discharge from medical care and will clearly vary enormously depending on the injury or illness. Some ailments will be treated almost immediately, while others, such as a serious wounding, can take many months before the patient is fully recovered or an operational medical outcome is achieved. Any attempt to provide an “average” time spent on the “care pathway” would be meaningless.