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Introduction This is a personal story of the first author, in the form of a review, who has had a career in a medical specialty that does not officially exist, even its coding is unreliable. My co-author brings a different perspective, being much younger, not British and in his early career, with great ambition directed to advancing this nebulous specialty. The Netherlands is a less conservative country where syncope is taken more seriously than in the UK. Syncope is a common symptom but is not a diagnosis Syncope is transient loss of consciousness due to reduced cerebral perfusion with rapid onset, brief duration and full prompt recovery.1