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Hundreds wait in line for medical care in Chinandega, Nicaragua, July 11, 2009. The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort was offshore to provide medical care as part of Continuing Promise 2009, during a four-month, seven-country humanitarian mission. The scene was carnival-like with a local disc jockey playing music and vendors selling water, soda and slices of watermelon. Patients not seen the first day slept in the street that night to be first in line the next day.

Hundreds wait in line for medical care in Chinandega, Nicaragua, July 11, 2009. The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort was offshore to provide medical care as part of Continuing Promise 2009, during a four-month, seven-country humanitarian mission. The scene was carnival-like with a local disc jockey playing music and vendors selling water, soda and slices of watermelon. Patients not seen the first day slept in the street that night to be first in line the next day.

Hundreds wait in line for medical care in Chinandega, Nicaragua, July 11, 2009. The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort was offshore to provide medical care as part of Continuing Promise 2009, during a four-month, seven-country humanitarian mission. The scene was carnival-like with a local disc jockey playing music and vendors selling water, soda and slices of watermelon. Patients not seen the first day slept in the street that night to be first in line the next day.

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