Tangier Island Health Foundation

DR COPTR: It's Thursday, and the doctor has flown in

 
AOPA Pilot: The Voice of General Aviation

September 2009

By Alyssa J. Miller

 

Residents of Tangier Island don’t need a written schedule to know when the doctor is available.  They know it by heart.  Dr. David Nichols has been flying to the remote Chesapeake Bay island every Thursday for 30 years to provide….

 

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Same day on Tangier: Dr. Nichols delivers contract for signing by Mayor James “Ooker” Eskridge.

Photo by: Inez Pruitt

 

September 11, 2009: Construction contract signed

At White Stone Family Practice: (from left) Brian Delawder, Exec. VP, Southern Builders, Inc. (SBI); Steve Hentschel, General Manager, SBI; Don Smith, Chief Estimator, SBI; David Jones, Connemara Construction; Teresa Butch, Office Manager, Connemara Construction; David Annis, Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission; Jimmie Carter, Chairman, TIHF; Robert Nelson, President, EDA Engineering Design Associates; Dr. David Nichols. (Photo by: Inez Pruitt)