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Alice Headwards-Hunter was the first female to pass examinations at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, and went on to become the first female surgeon to in Scotland, but did not practice. Instead of taking the spot as a fellow at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh she chose to work abroad. Headwards-Hunter has pioneered a way for generations of female doctors and surgeons that succeeded her. In order to commemorate this there has been a medal named in her honor the Hunter Doig Medal which is given to female surgeons who have contributed to the field of surgery. Surgeon's Hall Museum wrote this honor is given because, “[…] two female surgeons both of whom have achieved something no women had before.”