History of the National Health Service Emergency Ward 10 was first broadcast in 1957 on ITV and ran until 1967 and followed the life and loves of the staff and patients of the fictionalised Oxbridge General. ITV later followed this up with General Hospital which borrowed much from Emergency Ward 10 in terms of its themes and focus. The idea of a medical hospital as a suitable and popular setting for a soap opera continued to take root in the 1980s. Casualty, set in an A&E department, was first broadcast in 1986 and has since become the longest running medical drama in the world. At a
What If... (web series) around characters from two of the three series meeting each other and interacting in a shared alternate reality, not in continuity with any of the series. Each episode features two cast members from either "General Hospital", "All My Children", or "One Life to Live". The following is a list of featured cast members. What If... (web series) What If... is an American web series that acts as a crossover among three ABC soap operas, "General Hospital", "All My Children" and "One Life to Live". The ten-part series was originally streamed on ABC.com from July 12 to August 30, 2010. It