Stan Brock

Remote Area Medical 

The first thing that comes to mind when you think of medicine is probably not a cowboy. But that is what Stan Brock was before he created Remote Area Medical. After being kicked in the head by a horse in the middle of a rain forest in Brazil, he was far from any medical assistance. 

It is not only in Brazil, but in many parts of the world that it is hard to receive medical assistance. Luckily, Stan Brock was able to heal on his own, but others who have more serious injuries sometimes can not. That was when Stan Brock decided he wanted to do something.

His thought was "Hey, lets bring these doctors a little closer than 26 days on foot."

Stan decided it would be a good idea to create a program that would be able to pick up sick people in an airplane and bring them to care. In 1985 he put his own flying skills to test and started his Remote Area Medical. His program also began as a nonprofit where volunteers would be dropped off in locations to provide medical assistance. It began focusing on locations over seas but quickly, rural United States locations were asking for assistance as well. Today his program has a state of the art air plane with 20 dentist chairs. The kind of care they are able to supply depends on what doctors are volunteering at the time. 

Stan Brock pushes all praise toward his volunteers and away from his self. 

He tries his hardest to provide care to everyone he can.