8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: receiving from a user command data representative of a command to be performed on the data of a particular time slot of the topic record, the user being the first party or the second and subsequent parties.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: receiving from a user command data representative of a command to be performed on the data of a particular time slot of the topic record, the user being the first party or the second and subsequent parties. 11. The method of claim 8, further comprising the steps of: in response to command data representative of a "rewind" command, retrieving from the storage means the data for the plurality of fields of the particular time slot and time slots for earlier time periods; and displaying the data from the plurality of fields in consecutive order of the time period from latest to earliest.