Ningbo First Hospital, founded in 1913, is one of the earliest public hospitals established in Zhejiang Province. It is one of the largest comprehensive Grade 3A hospitals in Ningbo, integrating medical treatment, scientific research, teaching and prevention. The hospital has 1,000 authorized beds, a full range of clinical departments, and more than 1,500 staff members, of whom 289 are associate senior titles or above, 146 are masters, and 17 are PhDs. The annual outpatient volume of the hospital is nearly 1.5 million, and the number of discharged patients is nearly 30,000 times.