As early as 1969, Siegfried Steiger called for a job description for paramedics in his 15-point programme. Now we are providing a further important impetus for this and are financing the training of a paramedic of the German Red Cross for two years with DM 50,000. More and more experts are joining in.

It was not until 1 September 1989 that the job description of "paramedic" was regulated by law.