The information requested isprovided in the following table.Number of New NHS Patient Registrations.in NHS Tayside; April 2005 to March 2006 Month No. of Patients April 2005 2,295 May 2005 2,262 June 2005 2,281 July 2005 1,743 August 2005 2,589 September 2005 2,833 October 2005 2,172 November 2005 2,395 December 2005 1,802 January 2006 2,253 February 2006 2,092 March 2006 2,283 Total 27,000 Source:MIDAS (Management and Dental Accounting System).Dataextracted 2 September 2006.Note: A newpatient registration is a patient who was not registered with a dentist under NHSarrangements in NHS Tayside in the 12 months preceding each of months April 2005 to March 2006.