Yvette Mimieux as Pat Holmes cannot let her seizures keep her from surfing. She returns to the ocean. Dr. Kildare follows her to stop her, but he is too late. She suffers a seizure while surfing and drowns.
Surfer Pat Holmes' seizures have progressed to grand mal variety, and Kildare, who is falling for the girl, fears her determination to defy her illness may do her more harm than good. During her recovery Pat's hospital ward roommate is young alcoholic Carol Montgomery, who has just the opposite problem, letting her illness control her.—rbecker28