What I thought was the best aspect of this series was its distinctive opening title sequence, especially from 1979-85, when it had a rising shot of the hospital (San Francisco Memorial), which then zoomed in and changed colors from normal color to several shades of blue, at which time the title appeared. The cast shots then began, and for Pernell and Gregory (at least in the clip which I just recently saw from Retrojunk) they had three distinct shots before their large shot, while the rest of the cast members merely had large shots and nothing more. Each large shot was (again, as far as the clip that I saw from Retrojunk) a negative with red tint, which then changed back to normal color, at which time the cast member's name only was superimposed (except for Charles Siebert, whose name and character's name--Dr. Stanley Riverside--were superimposed at the same time). After the last cast member was introduced, the hospital shot zoomed back out, but did not go back to normal color until it reached its original starting point; at that time, the developers (Don Brinkley and Frank Glicksman) were credited, and the hospital lowered off the screen.
--Ben Masters
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