



Organizers of a massive mobile health clinic returning to Los Angeles this week said they had distributed about 2,500 wristbands by 10:30 a.m. Sunday. The non-transferable wristbands are being handed out at the Los Angeles Sports Arena near downtown.

Pre-registration is required for anyone seeking health services during the seven-day free clinic that begins Tuesday and runs through Monday, May 3. Clinic organizers hope to serve about 1,200 people daily.

"I would like to think everybody will get in," Stan Brock, founder of Tennessee-based Remote Area Medical, the nonprofit group that is staging its second Los Angeles clinic, said Sunday as he surveyed the line. "The reality is we can't see everybody -- the need is so great. We just see as many as we can."

Phyllis Vincent, 59, of Pasadena was turned away from the clinic held in August at the Forum in Inglewood, but got a wristband Sunday morning to secure treatment on Tuesday. Vincent said she needs new glasses, a tooth pulled and teeth cleaning. Although she works as a background actor in a military training program near Twentynine Palms, she does not have health insurance.

"They learned a lot from last year. I think it will be a little better organized -- it's just that the need is so great," Vincent said after making her appointment.