Engineers representatives. In fact they resigned en-masse including Mr A A Campbell Swinton said to be the first person in the UK to produce a radiograph. After this there followed a long period of medical dominance although this did not prevent the society from growing and working hard for the profession. It was not until the 1970s that Dr Swinburne, a radiologist, from Leeds said it was time for official recognition that radiographers assist in film interpretations. It was another 20 years before the first reporting courses for radiographers were established. By 1997 it was official policy of the College of Radiographers that "reporting by radiographers is not an option. For the future, it is a requirement." Twenty years further on, it can be said reporting by radiographers is embedded within their scope of practice. The society formed a South African branch in 1930 and established a pattern of branch formation with a local committee management which was propagated in the UK during the 1930s. As a result, the Scottish Radiographic Society which was formed in 1927 became a branch of the society in 1936, the South West Branch in 1937, the North West in 1942, the Midland and the North East in 1943. The first Annual Conference of the Society of Radiographers was in 1947 held at Bath, England. In June 2015, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) granted accreditation to the processes used by the SCoR in order to generate current clinical guidance for Radiography practice, meaning that the SCoR is NICE accredited. Objectives The objectives for which The Society of Radiographers is established are as follows: To promote and develop for the public benefit the science and practice of radiography and radiotherapeutic technology and allied subjects; To promote, study and research work in radiography and radiotherapeutic technology and allied subjects and to publish the results of all such study and research; To further public education therein; To protect the honour and interests of persons engaged in the practice of radiography and radiotherapeutic technology and allied subjects including the regulation of relations between such persons and employers and employers’ associations; To further all such objects which a trade union may lawfully pursue in accordance with statute. The college's objectives are directed towards education, research and other activities in support of the science and practice of radiography. Governance The society and college is led by a