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A man sleeps in his car in the cold early morning hours as he waits to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Bridget Morrill of Raphine, Va. and her dog Rox try to stay warm in the cold pre-dawn hours as she waits to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A gymnasium is turned into a waiting room for patients waiting to see doctors at the Remote Area Medical's facilities at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A man sleeps in his car in the cold early morning hours as he waits to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A crowd lines up in the cold pre-dawn hours to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Donna Thomas of Natural Bridge, Va. tries to stay warm the cold pre-dawn hours as she waits to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Bridget Morrill of Raphine, Va. and her dog Rox try to stay warm in the cold pre-dawn hours as she waits to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Elizabeth Hardey of Buena Vista, Va., center, sits in a wheelchair as she and her husband Lee arrive in the cold pre-dawn hours to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A crowd gathers in the cold pre-dawn hours to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Lee Hardey of Buena Vista, Va., pushes his wife Elizabeth into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A crowd gathers in the cold pre-dawn hours to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Donna Gilfilen of Fairfield, Va., center, who has a variety of medical issues including a bad hip, waits in line in a wheelchair in the cold pre-dawn hours to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Roy Campbell of Buena Vista, Va., second from right, and Jenny Kulp, right, and others waits in a warming tent in the cold pre-dawn hours to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A woman sleeps in her car in the cold pre-dawn hours as she waits to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A tired Breanna Fitzgerald, 7, of Buena Vista, Va., left, waits in a warming tent with her mother in the cold pre-dawn hours to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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People seeking medical care wait in a warming tent in the cold pre-dawn hours to be let into the Remote Area Medical's facilities to be seen by a doctor at Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Va., Saturday, March 1, 2014. Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world for people that need it. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
