Kellye Nakahara's first appearance as Nurse Kellye Yamato. Kellye would be uncredited for most of her 167 appearances. In "M*A*S*H" (1972) {Hey, Look Me Over (#11.1)}, she gives Hawkeye something to think about when she lays into him for ignoring her all the time.
The end speech over the intercom was almost a word-for-word lift from the end of the film MASH (1970).
Throughout the entire 11-year run of the series, no laugh track was ever used in any of the operating room scenes.
Last appearance of Linda Meiklejohn as Lt. Leslie Scorch.
The music playing over the closing tag scene introducing the main characters is the same jazzier version of the opening theme music that was used for episodes 20-22 of season 1.