| The Emergency Medical Holographic Program is a
supplement to the medical staff. However, when Voyager loses its entire medical staff
when thrown 70,000 Light Years from home, the Holographic Doctor becomes their resident
doctor. His continual usage would take its affect, however, as three years later he
begins to suffer cascade failure and the captain must decide whether to erase his two
years worth of memory or find an alternative method to save our beloved doctor in "The Swarm". The Doctor's bedside manner leaves
somewhat to be desired during the first season as evidenced in the episode "Parallax", but will improve throughout the
year when he incorporates some of the legends of the past into his behavioral
sub-routines, in "Darkling". He recently
served a close friendship with the Ocampan Kes, who is also his assistant in sickbay.
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