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Impulse in boys to become doctors (8)

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I believe the answer is:

surgeons

'doctors' is the definition.
(surgeon is a kind of doctor)

'impulse in boys' is the wordplay.
'impulse' becomes 'urge' ('urge' can be a synonym of 'impulse').
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'boys' becomes 'sons' ('son' can be a synonym of 'boy').
'urge' going into 'sons' is 'SURGEONS'.

'to become' is the link.

(Another definition for surgeons that I've seen is " Medical operators".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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