Wexford man Nathan O’Connor is one of the newly-qualified paramedics appearing on Virgin Media’s ‘First Timers on the Frontline’

Paramedic with the National Ambulance Service Nathan O'Connor.

Paramedic with the National Ambulance Service Nathan O’Connor.

Ever since he was a child, Wexford man Nathan O’Connor knew what he wanted to be. You could say that, since joining the Order of Malta as a cadet aged 13, most of his decisions in life have been taken with one goal in mind – to become a paramedic with the National Ambulance Service.

Now aged 31, not only has Nathan finally realised his long-held dream, but it’s playing out in front of the eyes of the whole country on Virgin Media TV, as he plays a starring role in First Timers on the Frontline – a new four-part documentary series which provides an insight into the working life of a newly qualified paramedic.