Labour's promising to train an extra 335 doctors every year if it's re-elected.
They'd be split across the medical schools at both Otago and Auckland Universities.
But it won't fully come into effect until two elections' time.
While Labour leader Chris Hipkins' welcoming committee in Dunedin wasn't the biggest and his supporters could do with a boost in numbers, it was a boost in the number of doctors that brought Hipkins to Otago's Medical School.
He said it would be "the largest increase we've ever made".
It wouldn't happen right away though. In fact, it wouldn't be fully implemented until two elections' time.
"We believe it's absolutely essential we do this," said Hipkins. "We know we're going to need more doctors."
It would start next year with an additional 50 Medical School places, then in 2025 another 95 spots on top of that, the same again in 2026, and in 2027 - taking the total annual increase to 335.
Asked if he was celebrating something that was two elections away, Hipkins said: "The reason we've stepped it out that way is we are going to need to scale up."
The extra capacity will be split between the medical school here at Otago University and the one in Auckland. It's not cheap - the price tag over 10 years is nearly $1 billion.
But Hipkins said it was more of a capacity problem than a money one.
National leader Christopher Luxon responded: "We are 31 days out from an election. They have had six years in power and they've only just started to work out we have a health workforce problem here in New Zealand."
National's plan to solve the doctor shortage is to build an entirely new medical school in Hamilton.
"We open up the 100 extra medical places at Auckland and Otago at 2025 and the medical school opens up in 2025," said Luxon.
Hipkins said: "They don't have a plan to fully fund it."
Talking of funding, Pharmac needs a $181m annual boost just to maintain its current levels of funding.
"I can absolutely commit that Pharmac will continue to get at least as much funding as they are getting," said Hipkins.
More money for Pharmac on the cards then and more doctors promised.
But there's this election - and one after that - before Hipkins would have a chance to cut the ribbon on those 335 new graduates.
