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Doctor put a tie on before initially treating casualty

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I believe the answer is:

outpatient

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'casualty' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'doctor put a tie on before initially treating' is the wordplay.
'doctor' is an anagram indicator.
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'treating' is 't'.
'put'+'a'+'tie'+'on'='putatieon'
'putatieon' anagrammed gives 'outpatien'.
'outpatien'+'t'='OUTPATIENT'

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(Other definitions for outpatient that I've seen before include "Hospital visitor" , "Person attending hospital" , "Non-resident hospital user" , "travelling case" , "one needs treatment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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