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A dental patient watches a dental procedure as he waits his turn for U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Rudman during a Continuing Promise dental project in Paita, Peru, May 3, 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

WATCHING, WAITING

A dental patient watches a dental procedure as he waits his turn for U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Rudman during a Continuing Promise dental project in Paita, Peru, May 3, 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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