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Medical man I wish to report first (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

otologist

'medical man' is the definition.
(otologist is a kind of medical man)

'i wish to report first' is the wordplay.
'i wish' becomes 'O' (eg 'O for a friend' means 'I wish I had a friend').
'report' becomes 'log'.
'first' becomes 'ist' (ist resembles 1st).
'o'+'to'+'log'+'ist'='OTOLOGIST'

(Another definition for otologist that I've seen is " Ear specialist".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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