Argyll and Clyde 8,312 8,361 8,580 8,865 9,231 Ayrshire and Arran 6,755 6,838 7,031 7,238 7,527 Borders 2,137 2,217 2,209 2,225 2,258 Dumfries and Galloway 3,180 3,286 3,346 3,376 3,329 Fife 5,316 5,658 5,625 5,934 6,237 Forth Valley 5,397 5,407 5,362 5,343 5,324 Grampian 8,772 10,058 10,334 10,564 10,774 Greater Glasgow 22,208 21,950 21,860 22,240 23,297 Highland 5,619 4,413 4,435 4,571 4,839 Lanarkshire 8,689 8,657 8,558 8,823 9,202 Lothian 15,222 15,605 15,941 16,452 16,850 Orkney 384 367 361 377 396 Shetland 362 362 366 392 421 Tayside 10,336 10,350 10,073 10,138 10,432 Western Isles 686 710 714 719 766 Total 103,373 104,240 104,794 107,256 110,882 Notes:The figures represent theaverage number of whole time equivalent staff employed in each NHS board areaper year.The figures are taken fromthe published annual accounts...