A surgical instrument having a remotely controllable user interface and a firing drive configured to generate a rotary firing motion upon a first actuation of the remotely controllable user interface and a rotary retraction motion upon an other actuation of remotely controllable user interface. The instrument includes a first drive member wherein remotely controllable user interface is selectively engageable with the first drive member and a second drive member wherein the remotely controllable user interface is selectively engageable with the second drive member. The instrument also includes an elongate shaft assembly operably engaged with the first drive member and the second drive member. The instrument further includes an end effector coupled to the elongate shaft assembly. The end effector includes an elongate channel configured to operably support a staple cartridge therein and an anvil movably coupled to the elongate channel. The end effector also includes a cutting member operably supported within the elongate channel wherein the cutting member is operably engaged with the elongate shaft assembly. The instrument is such that when the remotely controllable user interface operates the first drive member the first actuation advances the cutting member a first distance wherein when the remotely controllable user interface operates the second drive member the other actuation retracts the cutting member a second distance and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance.
