• SEX M (male) 
• MARITAL STATUS M (married) 
• frontal headaches 3/12 (for three months -similarly 3/52 = three weeks: 3/7 = three days) 
• worse in a.m. (morning) 
• "dull throbbing" (quotations because they are the patient's own words.) 
• relieved by lying down 
• also c/o deafness (complains of)

DOCTOR: Good morning. Mr Hall. What's brought you along today?
PATIENT: Well, you see, doctor, I've been having these headaches, you see, and ..
DOCTOR: Aha, and how long have they been bothering you?
PATIENT: Er, well. They started about, well it must have been about three months ago.
DOCTOR: I see. And which part of your head is affected?
PATIENT: Well, it's, it's right across the front here.
DOCTOR: Mm. And can you describe the pain?
PATIENT: Erm. It's a sort of dull, dull and throbbing kind of pain.
DOCTOR: I see, and do they come on at any particular time?
PATIENT: They seem to be, they're usually worse in the morning. I notice them when I wake up.
DOCTOR: Mm. And is there anything that makes them better?
PATIENT: Well, if I lie down for a while, they seem to get ... they go away.
DOCTOR: Yes, and has there been anything else apart from these headaches?
PATIENT: Well, the wife, my wife. She says that I seem to be getting a bit deaf.
DOCTOR: Oh? Well. Mr Hall, I think at this stage I'll start by checking your ears to see if there's any wax ...