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Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a nonprofit all volunteer medical relief corps serving remote and impoverished areas of the United States and abroad.  The Health Wagon annually spearheads the event that was held July 20, 21, 22 2007 in Wise, VA.  The focus is primarily the provision of eye, dental and medical care.  The Remote Area Medical Expedition at Wise again surpassed their own United State's record for number of patients seen in a three-day period that being 8,438 patient encounters and provided in excess of 1.6 million dollars in free care.

The Health Wagon has provided support for several other RAM projects including the second RAM event in Harrogate, TN with Lincoln Memorial University that rendered 1,061 patient services and 108,625.00 dollars in free care.  The Health Wagon also continues to support the RAM project in Grundy, VA.  In 2007, 2,349 patient encounters were logged providing 489,190.00 dollars in free care.  Both of these successful projects as well as others have been born out of the project at Wise, VA.

The Health Wagon again participated in the second RAM expedition in New Orleans reaching over 1,300 miles beyond its own region to provide women's health care services to those in desperate need of care post Karina.  Free eye, dental and medical care was again provided with the value exceeding one million dollars during the seven day mission.  Over 12,125 patient services were rendered with the support of 871 volunteers.  Board members Dr. Joe Smiddy, Sr. Jean Korkisch, and volunteers Rose Ann Kennedy, and Lee Ann Bailey visited the still devastated area to provide care to others in need of health care.