KEARNEY, Neb., March 17 -- The University of Nebraska Kearney issued the following news release:

By TYLER ELLYSON

UNK Communications

KEARNEY - Carter Moss has seen the reality of rural health care from the back of an ambulance.

As an EMT transporting patients to facilities across the state, the University of Nebraska at Kearney junior often encounters people who must travel long distances - sometimes to Lincoln or Omaha - for treatment not available in their hometowns.

Those experiences have reinforced his goal of becoming a physician who serves rural communities.

"Seeing that problem and how difficult it can be to access care has motivated me a lot more to want to help people and be part of the solution," Moss said.

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