Is there a way to change the order of attachments within the patient file?

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When uploading scanned pdf's we can change the order at the time of attaching the documents but once they are attached I can't find a way of changing the order. It would be helpful to be able to prioritise the order of the attachments, similar to the way we can change the order of Rules. 
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Chiropractic Solutions

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Andrew, Community Manager

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Hi Chiropractic Solutions

Front Desk allows users to adjust the ordering of the Attachments temporarily by clicking one of the column headers (by Date, Description, Owner, Extension or Size):



By default this will be ordered by Date, with the most recent entries on top. There is no means to permanently set the attachments into a custom order, however we are happy to monitor this thread further as an ‘Idea’ and gauge the interest of our users.
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Thanks Andrew.
We are in the process of scanning and attaching our paper records to our patient files and have a specific order that we place the documents in groups to keep it uniform and particularly the xray, MRi and CT reports all together in date order (most recent at the top of the list of reports, but not at the top of the list of attachments) and with consent forms at the bottom so we can find them easily. 
If a new report comes in we would like to be able to add it into the list in the correct place, and also if we update with a new consent form, to be able to add it to the consent form list at the bottom. 
Given that rules are able to be placed in particular order, it would appear that a function exists to write into the program.
This would be preferable to have access to customising the order of attachments so that we can control how they are stored and would reflect in some way, how the paper files were ordered as well.
Thanks for considering this as an option.