There were 60 to 70 of us. We did surgeries Monday through Friday.

It was a very gratifying experience. You learn to really appreciate the value of medical care in America when you see what exists in other places.

The conditions were very poor.

We teach people how to treat us.

The wind whips through the canyons of the American Southwest, and there is no one to hear it but us - a reminder of the 40,000 generations of thinking men and women who preceded us, about whom we know almost nothing, upon whom our civilization is based.

The most assuring thing that showed us that the project was working tremendously is the fact that the percentage of discarded blood has come down dramatically. This convinced me that people are keeping themselves clean and free of HIV.