John Vincent reports on a touching tribute to The Lady With the Lamp, who transformed nursing during the Crimean War.

Yet as Britain prepares to celebrate Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday ... Nightingale became the first woman to receive the Order of Merit, a highly prestigious award instituted by Edward ...

Florence Nightingale ... as a Lady of Grace and in 1907 she became the first woman to be awarded the Order of Merit which recognises distinguished services in the armed forces and science ...

Florence Nightingale was so much more than a lady ... she became the first woman to be awarded the Order of Merit. The headstrong girl with a well-documented shell collection had achieved so ...

The practice of nursing has been in existence since ancient times but it was the legendary Florence Nightingale ... In 1907, she was awarded the order of merit, becoming the first woman to ever ...

She became the first woman to ever receive the Order of Merit when she was granted it in 1907. Florence Nightingale: And what nursing has to do in either case is to put the patient in the best ...