Perfect. Just what I wanted.
And a nice teachable moment. (I keep forgetting about Apply ... To many years of procedural programming.)
-- Mark
Using simply the function Part: you can't, simple as that!
you could using something like:
{#1[[2]],#2}&@@@ {{{a, b}, c}, {{d, e}, f}, {{g, h}, i}}
or the Flatten you proposed or some variation...