After a tour of duty in a surgical unit during the Gulf War, Dr. Matthew Proctor (Jeremy Northam, "The Tudors") heads to Miami to join a team at one of the premiere trauma centers in the United States. Proctor and his colleagues, a workaholic, a playboy, a fresh-faced newbie just out of medical school, and the head nurse, work to save the lives of patients in that critical first hour after injury.