Data on the number of episodes of care for in-patient and day case treatment and the total number of consultant out-patient and accident and emergency attendances for the years ending March 1997 to March 2002 is provided in the following table: NHSiS - In-Patient1, Day Case1, Out-Patient1 and Accident and Emergency Activity: Years Ending 31 March 1997-20022Year ending 31 March199719981999200020012002In-patient episodes3969,283982,804981,574969,455959,807953,638Day case episodes384,291414,869437,819434,269443,519419,957Out-patient attendances4,721,1054,812,4224,905,9354,900,1894,854,6184,745,141Attendances at A&E41,550,7041,521,0551,520,0161,552,6341,530,2641,537,466Source: ISD Scotland...