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Just two doctors serve this small Alabama town. What's next when they want to retire?
![Terry Vester examines Charity Hodge at Vester's clinic in LaFayette, Alabama. Vester and her husband are the only primary care doctors in the community.](https://assets.vpm.org/dims4/default/995fd5d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3410x2100+0+228/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2023%2F12%2F15%2Fvester_01-07b1492a048118973f1677ee89540b9c61e2ced5.jpg)
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