Norman Briggs was the over-worked, over-stressed administrator of Community General Hospital in seasons 1-4. Despite once trying tai-chi, Norman never managed to relax and was finally written out of the show after being injured by a bomb package intended for Mark. He never married, had trouble with the hospital computer system and constantly worried about fundraising. He was also framed for murder at one point. But it was Norman who turned Community General around; if it hadn't been for him, the hospital would have gone bankrupt and been shut down.