"… I got was from Stan Brock, the saint who founded Remote Area Medical (RAM) to provide care to people in isolated villages in less developed countrie …"

"… naccessible places along the Amazon River in South America. Today, most of RAM’s “expeditions” are in the United States, and increasingly they are …"

"… increasingly they are to locations that are not at all remote. I went to a RAM expedition in Wise County, Va., a few years ago. The experience changed my …"

"… e abuses of the U.S. health insurance industry.Stan wrote to tell me about RAM’s most recent two expeditions in California.The crowds for the pair of e …"

"… uth America, Africa and Asia. It never occurred to Brock when he started RAM in 1985 that most of his expeditions would eventually take him to communit …"

"… ble care than residents of the third world. Today, more than 60 percent of RAM’s expeditions are in the United States, and not just to rural areas. …"

"… he United States, and not just to rural areas. In fact, the biggest annual RAM expedition is now held in Los Angeles, where thousands of people line up f …"

"… re that is provided free over the course of eight days. I first heard of RAM when I read in July 2007 about an expedition being held a few miles from w …"

"… o people in remote areas of Africa and South America, Remote Area Medical (RAM) has provided care to more than half a million people, although since the …"

"… le, although since the 1990s most of those people are U.S. citizens. While RAM still flies doctors and other caregivers to nearly inaccessible villages a …"

"… llages abroad, the majority of its clinics are now held in this country.At RAM clinics, which have become annual or semiannual events in a growing number …"

"… ys.One of the volunteers in Chicago was Tres Savage, executive director of RAM’s affiliate organization in Oklahoma, which hosted a three-day clinic at …"

"… can hardly imagine.For three days beginning April 13, Remote Area Medical (RAM), an organization that flies American doctors to remote, third-world villa …"

"… as surreal as anything Hollywood could dream up.  Here’s the advice RAM offers on its website about the Bristol event:“Be sure to arrive early. …"

"… o declare unconstitutional was deemed necessary. Just knowing that most of RAM’s clinics are now held in the United States rather than third world coun …"

"… hird world countries should tell you something.The highway I traveled to a RAM clinic in Wise, Virginia, in 2007 from my parents’ home not far from Bri …"