The young GP is adapting to married life with Sylvia while contending with the endless demands facing a family doctor. His initial worries that Sylvia may be hankering after her glamorous life as a model prove unfounded as she embraces her new role as a GP's wife with enthusiasm and competence.

Continuing the story begun in No White Coat, the doctor learns to deal both with the personalities and ailments of the patients on his list. As the story comes to a close, he is presented with an even greater challenge: the joys and demands of fatherhood.