The Wales 60 represent a balanced range of views across the nation

The group - one for every assembly member - has been selected by the BBC to represent a balance of opinions before voters go to the polls on 3 May.

They will be electing members of the Welsh assembly for the third time since devolution was established in 1999.

Here, some of the 60 explain what they will be looking for from the politicians seeking their votes.

You can follow the campaign and hear the opinions of the Wales 60 on the BBC news website, TV and radio throughout.

Dewi Parry

One of my main concerns is the state of the NHS in Wales and especially the ambulance service.

It seems that the NHS has had enough money thrown at it for years but still things aren't right.

It also annoys me that if I choose to go private then I still have to pay my full tax burden. It's like filling up my car in Shell and then calling into Esso and giving them �10 because the law says I have to!

Our third baby is due in April: why is it that my number one concern is what either mum or baby will catch in hospital? Don't get me wrong, the NHS does a fantastic job but it seems that you have to be very ill or dying before things really swing into action.

A group of us raised money for the air ambulance last year, it saves so much time and lives, but still the NHS in Wales won't pay for it.

I'd like a party to pledge to turn the NHS around within a year, get the hospitals clean and clear out the dead wood.

I think voters would sit up and take notice if politicians make clear definitive promises and pledge to make radical changes that the rest of the UK would then see and follow.

Radical new thinking and clear timetabled promises is what we need.

Jenny Jones

I will be looking for politicians who seem honest and are more passionate about policies than point-scoring - I want to hear about what they can do for us, not how badly other parties have fared in the past!

I believe the people of Wales will vote primarily on local issues but more contentious issues such as the Iraq war and immigration may well swing some voters.

Personally I am interested in local health care, environmental and rural issues, and I would like to see more community-based services.

Whatever people's views, I just hope they take the time to come out and vote in May Jenny Jones

Being a farmer's daughter, I would like to see a return to consumers buying more locally produce and supporting their communities.

I also feel there is a strong need for more education about the countryside, in the hope that young people will grow up to respect it.

Maybe for younger voters like myself who are looking to be first-time buyers, Plaid's policy to match-fund up to �5,000 towards a house deposit might encourage younger people to vote.

Whatever people's views, I just hope they take the time to come out and vote in May.

Rhiannon Eley

Working daily within the NHS means that I see the issues affecting the workforce and patient care from the front line.

Politicians have a chance in the elections to prove that they're not only committed to making the NHS a better place for both workers and patients, but also that they understand that the issues affecting Wales are different to those that affect England due to our different demography and epidemiology.

It's been a worrying and uncertain time for me with job cuts taking place just as I'm starting to apply for a post and nurse morale is lower than ever.

I think that it's important to remember that nurses make up two-thirds of the NHS workforce and yet their views are rarely heard outside the hospital they work in.

I would like to see politicians giving evidence that they will utilise the invaluable opinions of staff at ward level before trying to implement policy in a "top down" style, so that NHS workers and politicians can pull together to improve patient care.

Clive Jones

Although I've already decided now I'm going to vote in the assembly elections, I'm not that enthused by any of the platforms on offer in that they all share a poverty of ambition and an acceptance that the outcomes in Wales are always going to be worse than in England (and, come to that, Scotland).

It's easy to find excuses in Wales. Yes, we do have a lot of people with lung problems from mining and with back problems from all forms of heavy industry.

But most people with health problems in Wales have problems which are fixable given the right amount of investment targeted in the right way.

We have to use whatever works in other parts of the UK and the rest of the world Clive Jones

However, I don't think that the NHS in its current form is capable of providing enough money or good enough management.

In the long term we will have to move towards the "continental" model of mixed private and public finance which will get more money into the systems and produce the right incentives and responsiveness to peoples' needs.

Another area in which we are thinking small is transport. South Wales has enough of a rail system left to take a lot of commuters off the roads if it is invested in.

On the environmental side, the Severn barrage project would be great and Wales could become a world leader in tidal power but not enough is being done. The private sector needs to be encouraged, not ignored and drowned in permanent consultations.

In the end, there is no "Welsh way" which is unique.

We have to use whatever works in other parts of the UK and the rest of the world. The assembly is not some form of adult board game played by politicians but affects people's lives.

Julie Farrington

My impetus for volunteering for the Wales 60 was simply that for the first time in my adult life I am completely at a loss as to who to vote for.

This will be my first time voting in assembly elections, having lived in Wales for three years and I feel that it is really important to get it right.

My politics are naturally left-wing, but on this occasion I feel that if I cast a vote for Labour in Wales that would send a message to the national party that I approve of policies they are currently implementing - which I don't.

So for the first time, in a long time, I am a truly floating voter. I need to know more about the other parties' manifestoes and how those of us who are not Welsh-speakers will be approached.

I am interested in how tourism could be better managed and how the crisis in the provision of dentists in rural areas is going to be resolved.

I also wish to add my voice to the growing number of people who oppose centralisation of hospital services - an English policy which cannot work in rural Wales.

Lisa Berry

As a student there are a number of issues that I am interested in, particularly tuition fees and student loans.

These are going up and up in England, and although they are at a fixed �1,200 a year these won't be fixed forever!

The cost and state of public transport (trains and buses) in Wales is not up to a great standard and the amount that the public are paying to use these facilities is extremely inflated considering the standard that is provided.

The ideal politician would be one that actually listens to what the people want Lisa Berry

Congestion charges in Wales may be thrown on top of ever-increasing fuel costs and road tax - motorists are being charged way too much to use their vehicles.

The ideal politician would be one that actually listens to what the people want and actually attempt to solve any problems or concerns that the public have.

I think that politicians can engage the voters best by meeting and talking to people - not specifically to guaranteed voters, but to the wider public - and to let them air their views, so that they can have a better idea of what people want.

I don't think that people will vote solely on Welsh issues because there are a lot of other aspects that are important.

Because Wales does not have complete power, Westminster still has some power over us which means that voters will need to take into consideration what issues that can affect us.