Bob Ahgook talks with Marla Statscewich on October 25, 2005 at his home in Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska about some background information on his life; How he got involved helping people as a health aide; How he was selected to become the village health aide; His first training and starting to work as a health aide in Anaktuvuk Pass; Communicating with the doctor by radio from the school building, and the improvement of a satellite phone line directly to his house; Delivering babies was not his favorite part of the job, and it was very hard when patients died, but he enjoyed learning and helping people; Training to be a health aide and the knowledge he had as a hunter that was useful to him as a health aide; More information about the many things he learned as a hunter, and why he did not continue as a health aide; Management of the health aide program between Tanana Chiefs Conference and North Slope Borough, and why he stopped being a health aide; The difficulties of being a health aide and on how important health aides are to their communities; Illnesses he treated and the tools and medicines he had to use; The frequency of doctor's visits to the villages, patient transport in case of emergency, and names of a few of the health providers he remembers well; Working with doctors on describing symptoms and prescribing medication; The time he realized he was having a heart attack and saved his own life, thanks to his training; The kinds of work he did after being a health aide; and his reflections on being a health aide and an anecdote about a patient.