First appearance of patients Ed Herd, Craig Plager and Edgar Vickers. Millie Slavin appears as patient Shirley Slavin, and would make only one more appearance as a similar character named Shirley Ullman.
Per the title, Job Corps is a no-cost education and vocational training program administered by the Secretary of the Department of Labor serving youth, ages 16 to 24 with career planning, education and guidance.
The "Breakfast Smidgins" is a fictional version of the real life product Carnation Instant Breakfast which was available as a dry mix as well as a brownie-like cake form such as the on camera Smidgins shown in this episode.