The number of vacant Accident and emergency staff grade posts in NHSScotland by NHS board area for each of the last three years is shown in the table.Table 1: Staff Grade Vacancies Within Accident and Emergency, by NHS Board at 30 September. 2000 2001 2002 Scotland 1 3 1 Argyll and Clyde 0 0 1 Ayrshire and Arran 0 1 0 Borders 0 0 0 Dumfries and Galloway 0 1 0 Fife 0 0 0 Forth Valley 0 0 0 Grampian 0 0 0 Greater Glasgow 0 0 0 Highland 0 0 0 Lanarkshire 0 1 0 Lothian 0 0 0 Tayside 1 0 0 Orkney 0 0 0 Shetland 0 0 0 Western Isles 0 0 0 S2W-01818