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The five members of the Petty family wait in their car as the outside temperature drops to -10 degrees celsius. They will spend the night outside the mobile clinic so as not to miss the opportunity to get free dental and optical care. .Over the weekend at Soft Shell, Knott County, in the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky, the congressional district with the nation's lowest life expectancy, RAM volunteers saw 822 needy people. 95 percent of people seen were provided with dental or optical care. RAM was founded in 1985 to provide free health, dental and eye care in the developing world. However, RAM now provides 60 percent of its services in the US, providing for the estimated 47 million Americans without health insurance..
Panos Pictures /Felix Features 7 Nov 2008
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