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”Doctor” is generally a qualification. As in PhD.
For medical doctors, on the whole, it's an appointment - most are only hold Bachelor (albeit enhanced, to equivalent to Masters) degrees eg Bachelor of Medicine or Bachelor of Surgery...
People who cling to such things, having lived most of their lives through their ‘rank’ just look sad.
In many ways, I hold the same view of excessive post-nominals. I very rarely list any of mine (although I am entitled to use quite a lot of the alphabet) and always smile when I see lots of letters listed by others.
It always reminds me of Red Dwarf, where Rimmer was BSc SSc - Bronze and Silver swimming certificates.