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Dr. David Nichols, talks with visitors as he sits in the old Health Clinic on Tangier Island, Va., Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. A brand new clinic is scheduled to open on Aug. 29. Dr. Nichols, who has been flying to Tangier to care for the residents for 30 years, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)

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Dr. David Nichols, left, and Physician's Assistant Inez Pruitt smile as they check out the X-Ray room inside the new Tangier Island Health Clinic on Tangier Island, Va. Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The clinic is scheduled to open on Aug. 29. Dr. Nichols, who has been flying to Tangier to care for the residents for 30 years, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)

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Dr. David Nichols, left, and Physician's Assistant Inez Pruitt walk out of the new Tangier Island Health Clinic on Tangier Island, Va., Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The clinic is scheduled to open on Aug. 29. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch,Bob Brown)

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Physician's Assistant Inez Pruitt, left, and Dr. David Nichols, right, walk past a historic marker near the new Tangier Island Health Clinic on Tangier Island, Va., Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The clinic is scheduled to open Aug. 29. Dr. Nichols, who has been flying to Tangier to care for the residents for 30 years, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)

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A license plate belonging to Dr. David Nichols sits inside his airplane hanger in Topping, Va., Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)

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Dr. David Nichols gets a hug from Alice Pruitt near the new Tangier Island Health Clinic on Tangier Island, Va., Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The clinic is scheduled to open Aug. 29. Dr. NIchols, who has been flying to Tangier to care for the residents for 30 years, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)

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Physician's Assistant Inez Pruitt, right, takes a call as Dr. David Nichols relaxes inside the old health clinic on Tangier Island, Va., Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The brand new Tangier Island Health Clinic is scheduled to open Aug. 29. Dr. Nichols, who has been flying to Tangier to care for the residents for 30 years, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)

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Dr. David Nichols walks down a hallway of the new Tangier Island Health Clinic on Tangier Island, Va., Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The clinic is scheduled to open Aug. 29. Dr. Nichols, who has been flying to Tangier to care for the residents for 30 years, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)