1.   And transporting a critically ill patient from a rural clinic or hospital to a more sophisticated one is far easier than evacuating someone from a ship.

2.   Archer said he knows that rural areas are a major concern, but he said the department has funded only two rural clinics.

3.   In many rural clinics, used syringes and needles sit on the counter, waiting for re-use.

4.   Millions of AIDS-infected Africans live in cities with hospitals or within walking distance of rural clinics, and have enough clean water to take pills.

5.   Now every doctor, from urban hospitals to rural clinics, will be on the lookout.

6.   She is widely praised for building rural clinics and strengthening primary care.

7.   The group feels it has had an impact in rural clinics and low-income urban hospitals.

8.   The harsh reality, though, is that many rural clinics and foreign doctors may be out of luck.

9.   The rural clinics were happy because the physicians, many of whom come from top-notch teaching hospitals, filled a dire need.

10.   The survival of the rural medical clinic, already suffering from a physician shortage, is being threatened by the war on terrorism.