Each year the interns are split into groups are assigned to residents which often results in them getting to have a support system or just a possible chance to get to know the competition. Meredith has been assigned to senior resident Miranda Bailey, infamously known as "The Nazi" for her work ethic and her attitude. Bailey gets things done and she doesn't take any bull.

In Meredith's group are 4 other first-year interns: Cristina Yang, Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, George O'Malley and Alex Karev. Yesterday they were students but today they are doctors at Seattle Grace Hospital. They are participating in the toughest surgical residency program west of Harvard. But their new jobs aren't the only things they have to keep them busy. There are always their personal lives. That is, If they get a chance to have them...

Meredith is a one of the surgeon in the top of her class. She's somewhat considered royalty because her mother, Ellis Grey, was a noted pioneering surgeon known for making breakthroughs in the specialty as a talented surgeon and as a woman who broke barriers.

Only thing is Ellis now lives in Roseridge where she suffers from a tragic and devastating illness but she doesn't want anyone to know. Meredith keeps her mother's secret because she asks her to.

Cristina is highly competitive and driven but usually lacks the people skills required to do her job effectively. Bedside manner is not her strong suit.

Izzie grew up on the other side of the tracks and worked her way up by paying off her tutition by modeling. She's beautiful but sometimes she's too personal with her patients and may run into trouble when it comes to letting go.

George is warm and kind and he has the hugest crush on Meredith. Besides having a habit of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time he can't seem to move out of the "just friends" zone.

Kavev is a jerk but he's honest about his cutthroat attitude. He's arrogant and somtimes he's idiotic.

The five interns struggle to find people that they can connect to and often find that they only people they have time to meet, date, or hang out with all work at the hospital.

So I guess it's no wonder that the person Meredith meets in the Emerald City Bar across the street turns out to be her bosses' boss.

Derek Shepherd is an attending at Seattle Grace and he just moved here from New York City. He likes ferry boats and, like almost everyone in the hospital, has secrets to share. Derek is a flirtatious neurosurgeon who Meredith insists she can't date because of hospital politics.

Preston Burke is arrogant but with a good amount of reason. He's one of the best cardio-thorasic surgeons in the country with one of the lowest patient mortality rates. The only problem with his arrogance is that it may make him less suited for the job of chief of surgery in comparision to Derek.

The job of chief of surgery currently belongs to Dr. Richard Webber, Seattle Grace's paternal, but no-nonsense leader.

Grey's Anatomy is a drama about the intensity of medical training mixed with the funny, sexy, and sometimes painful lives of people who are about to discover that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white. Real life only comes in shades of grey.