All the Brosnan films had him working alongside people. Natalia, Mai Lin, Christmas, Jinx were partners in defeating the villain. Just not the special forces raiding a base.
Craig films are similar. Camille in Quantum. Kincade and M in Skyfall. In Specre he works with M, Moneypenny, Q at the end. Although that was interesting because Mission Impossible Rogue Nation came out a couple of months before with a similar scooby gang scene to get the villain which was much better.
The new film has Nomi as a 00 agent. It'll be interesting to see how the balance her in.
I love how Bond is racing to disarm a nuclear bomb but stops to perfectly apply clown make up!
The story goes that when he realised he was older than Tanya Robert's mother, he knew he had been in the role too long.