The first group of new Ambulance Victoria recruits for this year are hitting the road - and three will be placed in Warragul and Drouin.
Of the 45 recruits being allocated to regional Victoria, 10 are in the Gippsland region including two for Warragul and one for Drouin.
AV chief executive officer Jordan Emery said working as a paramedic was an extraordinarily unique experience.
"Very few jobs will have such a profound and deep impact on peoples' lives.

"Our paramedics, first responders, volunteers and support staff are our greatest strength. It is through them that we lead the way in patient care, including the nation's best cardiac arrest survival rates," he said.
Last financial year, AV met its target to recruit 229 new graduate and qualified paramedics.
The 59 new recruits in metropolitan and regional areas, to begin this week, are expected to help meet increasing winter demands.
Having completed their university degrees, all new graduates start at AV with a comprehensive four-week induction and training program giving them the 'real world' skills they need to hit the road alongside experienced paramedics.
During this induction, recruits learn vital skills such as safely moving and loading patients to prevent injuries, aggression and assault prevention, and safely driving ambulance vehicles.
"Demand on our crews is increasing, as usual, at this time of year and will likely remain heightened in the coming months as cases of the flu and other respiratory viruses stay high," Mr Emery said.
"We always plan ahead to meet extra winter demand – and that's why we bring forward our first intake of new recruits."
Paramedics are also now getting the training and skills they need to deliver increasingly specialised levels of care, with Australia's first Paramedic Practitioners now training and more MICA paramedics being recruited.
State treasurer Jaclyn Symes said this year's budget made a range of critical investments across the health system to get paramedics back on the road sooner, including $58.4 million to help better manage patient transfers.
She said the investment was critical, with the latest data showing paramedics responded to more than 95,000 Code One cases – or around 1000 lights and sirens cases daily.
"We're recruiting more paramedics so all Victorians can get the lifesaving care they need, when they need it most," Ms Symes said.