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Remote Area Medical: Long lines, wise county fairgrounds

"They are poor, uneducated, disabled, unemployed; they are deathly afraid of needles. They have true dental pain. For them to show up, travel through the night, sleep in their cars, line up at 5:30 in the morning, wait in the sun and rain for long hours...they have true pain or they wouldn't show up." - Miles Wilhelm, oral surgeon
Long lines, wise county fairgrounds, July 28
"They are poor, uneducated, disabled, unemployed; they are deathly afraid of needles. They have true dental pain. For them to show up, travel through the night, sleep in their cars, line up at 5:30 in the morning, wait in the sun and rain for long hours...they have true pain or they wouldn't show up." - Miles Wilhelm, oral surgeon