KAREN: Do you regret having quit being a health aide? (Agnes nods her head yes.) You do.

AGNES: Uh-hum (affirmative). I missed it for a long time. Just like Barbara Johnson. My God, she was a health aide forever. Thirty some years? My God.

KAREN: A lot of them around the state, a lot of them are like that.

AGNES: Uh-hum (affirmative). We were up in training together once, up in Anchorage. Boy, she stuck it out. And she was in Angoon and she came up here.

KAREN: So what was it that you missed? Why did you miss it?

AGNES: Taking care of people. Making sure that they got the best of care. It was so much nicer when the ‘70s came. Telephones, equipment, medicine, doctors you could talk to and, of course, the PA. And it was easier to get around.

KAREN: People started having cars and things?

AGNES: They'd come pick you up or just bring them to the clinic: “We'll meet you up there.” And it was so nice when they had emergency crews. We were out of it by then.

KAREN: The EMT people?

AGNES: Uh-hum (affirmative). Yep.