Recruits: Paramedics is an Australian factual television program. It follows the journey of everyday people setting out to achieve a lifelong ambition to become a paramedic. New recruits must first survive eight grueling weeks of medical theory and assessment at Paramedic College. Many have no medical background ... they arrive with nothing more than an overpowering motivation to save lives. But this is a journey and a career that will also transform their own lives.