Glad to hear that the appointment went well and that you felt comfortable enough to let him do all that. Fingers crossed that the public waiting list isn't too long - I was on the public list for 6mths with my first one so I hope you don't have to wait that long. Did you know if he marked your admission form urgent or anything? I know there is an option on the form for them to tick as to how urgent you need to be done etc.

As for virgin medical exams, I was bang on 18 when I had my first pap smear done because I want to really stay on top of that as my Nan had a hysterectomy in her early 30's due to uterine and cervical cancer and anyway my then GP showed me diagrams of how they did it and then she got out this huge tub of speculums (what they insert to open the vagina to see the cervix) and she's rifling through it trying to find one and she's pulling out all these really huge ones and putting them on the table and she must have seen this look of sheer terror on my face and she sai "oh don't worry dear, I wont use one of those on you, they are for the women who've had children. This is the one I'll use for you" and pulled out this really small one ROFL. These days it's the big one

And to answer the big question ; just where do I put my knickers? I always fold them inside my trousers or skirt and place then on the stool or whatever they have there you can use so no one can actually see them LOL.