The day after Thanksgiving, the 2014 Greater New York Dental Meeting (GNYDM) convened at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, bringing together thousands of health care professionals from across the country to six days of exhibitions, seminars, and workshops. Up until this August, Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) had also planned to be in attendance, potentially bringing in hundreds of volunteers to provide a range of free health services to patients in need.