The story captured the interest of the programme makers, who decided it was a case for the Antiques Roadshow Detectives, a spin-off programme that explores the intriguing stories behind family heirlooms.
Among reasons for interest in the programme, financial support factors were most commonly cited by recruits (51%).
No statistically significant relationships were found between reasons for interest in the programme and: recruits' gender; whether a recruit was classified as internationally or domestically trained; whether they had a spouse; or whether they had children.
Statistically significant relationships were not found between recruits' choice of a rural versus remote position and: gender; whether they had a spouse; whether they had children; and their reasons for interest in the programme.
In addition, nursing professionals were significantly more likely than allied health professionals (16% of nurses as opposed to 7% of allied health professionals) to mention family factors as a reason for interest in the programme (Χ 1, N = 329) = 7.34, P <0.01).
Korjus estimated that 60% who had registered interest in the programme had done so for business purposes.
Overall, our results document a low interest in the programme.
Some participants mentioned that being committed and interested in the programme were important requirements for programme sustainability.
