def convert(table):
    num_rows = len(table)
    num_columns = len(table[0])
    
    new_table = []
    
    for row in range(1, num_rows):
        for column in range(1, num_columns):
            if table[row][column]!="":
                new_row = []
                new_row.append(table[row][0])
                new_row.append(table[0][column])
                new_row.append(table[row][column])
                new_table.append(new_row)
                
    return new_table

table = [["", "Qual 1", "Qual 2", "Qual 3"], ["Andrew", "01.02.03", "27.06.08", "06.04.07"], ["Ben", "31.08.01", "", "05.07.04"], ["Carl", "", "18.04.03", "09.12.09"]]
new_table = convert(table)
print new_table