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RAINN saw a 43% increase in calls to its National Sexual Assault Hotline after the March 28 Greys Anatomy episode about a rape victim.

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Fourteen years into the historic run of "Grey's Anatomy,"one of the series' most moving episodes to date correlated with a spike in calls to theRape, Abuse & Incest National Network.

RAINN saw a 43% increase in calls to its National Sexual Assault Hotline after the March 28 Greys Anatomy episode,RAINN representativeErinn Robinson told USA TODAY.

RAINN also confirmed that the organization consulted with the writers on the episode, titled Silent All These Years, aftera 1992 song by the group'sfirst spokeswoman, Tori Amos.

The episode depicted the administration of a rape kit in an accurate and detailed way not often seen on television. "Grey's Anatomy" writer Elisabeth Finch and showrunner Krista Vernoff revealed to the Hollywood Reporter that the show's creator, Shonda Rhimes, stood firmwhenABC's Standards and Practices department tried to give her notes about changing those scenes.

Not only did the network's censors leave the rape kit scenes intact butone of theexecutives who originally objected to the scenes ended up in a montage scene in which the hospital's female staffline the hallway to showsupport to a rape victim (played by guest star Khalilah Joi)as she is wheeled to surgery.

In March, "Grey's Anatomy" surpassed NBC's"ER" as TV's longest-running medical drama with 332 episodes.

More: 7 reasons why 'Greys Anatomy' has outlasted 'ER'

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