Meredith Grey is a first-year surgical intern at Seattle Grace Hospital. There, she is introduced to what will become her “home away from home” for the next seven years, along with fellow interns Cristina Yang, George O’Malley, Isabel “Izzie” Stevens and Alex Karev. The first three and Meredith are assigned to resident doctor Dr. Miranda Bailey, nicknamed “The Nazi” because of her blunt attitude and strict way of doing things. Two attending doctors, Dr. Derek Shepherd (a handsome, flirtatious man) and Dr. Preston Burke (who is ready to make the interns cry), oversee most of the surgical procedures and have the interns follow in their ways. The chief surgeon is Dr. Richard Webber.