Vaccinations were given Wednesday afternoon at another H1N1 flu clinic for residents of Pottawattamie County, though the line started forming in the morning.

The crowd started gathering around 11 a.m., many willing to wait three hours until the clinic opened.

Lisa Milbrath said her family has been battling colds and viruses so far this season, but has not heard the “F-word” yet. “No doctor has said the flu word to us yet about whether or not that's what they had."

For daughter Mary, waiting in line was bittersweet. “I don't like shots!"

Denise Hartley decided to make use of the time and pay some bills. “I was going to do it today anyway. I had to sit here so I might as well do it here ‘cause what else am I going to do? You gotta wait.”

It was the waiting that Patrick Russell hoped to capitalize on, selling hot dogs to those in line. He saw the lines at the clinic in Oakland, Iowa earlier this week. “When I saw people lined up and down the block through the parking lot I thought to myself, wow, some of those people look hungry."

Several hot dogs and hours later, the line had stretched throughout the parking lot. Andrew Perina was near the end, but willing to wait. “I'm a pharmacist and there are three or four people every single day, three or four families every single day, that come in with five or six prescriptions for their family."

The people waiting for their vaccination since 11 a.m. got in at 2 p.m. “They got the nasal spray and it was done, so pretty painless,” said Milbrath.

Officials in Iowa say 2,000 doses of the vaccine were available Wednesday with the expectation that all would be administered. They are still waiting on word as to when the next round of the vaccine will arrive and plan on having more clinics once the shipment is in.

As for Douglas County, still no word on locations and times for clinics, but they are expected to begin sometime next week.