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A small grant has made it possible for mobile units to visit Rascon's clinics every two months, but diagnostic services Every Woman Counts covered including surgical consultation, fine needle aspiration and biopsies are not available, said Rascon.

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"Now we have to pull our hair and pray for the best and see what is out there," said Rascon, who tries to find affordable medical providers for her low-income patients, who also often face transportation hurdles.

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"Our data show that each ethnicity, including black-owned firms, has been awarded a higher value of contracts each year since 2007," said Anne Rascon, deputy commissioner for the city Department of Small Business Services, which oversees the program.

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Nurse Carol Rascon coordinates care under Every Woman Counts at six clinics in Imperial County, a sun-beaten swath of rural communities along the Mexican border east of San Diego.

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PILGRIM: Less than a year later, Rascon was involved in a brutal firefight.

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In 2000, Rascon got a call from the White House to be the director of the U.S.

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Rascon was part of a group of labor leaders serving on city commissions during the Hahn administration who had headed up independent expenditure campaigns on behalf of the then Mayor.

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PILGRIM: Rascon is currently working with the military to see if he can return to active duty.

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PILGRIM: But, despite his injuries, Rascon saved the live of two soldiers that day.

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PILGRIM: Rascon finally retired from the military in December 2005.

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