It's what many people in Hart County have been waiting months for since a H1N1 vaccine was first announced.

People in the highest risk for getting the deadly flu being administered a vaccine to hopefully prevent it.

"We just don't want him to get sick. We just don't want the flu in our family and we don't want to give it to anyone else. We believe that the vaccine is gonna do this for us," says Nancy Shockley.

That's why Shockley immediately scheduled an appointment for her 13-year-old son, Michael.

The Hart County Health Department opted to give vaccinations by appointment only, in order to avoid what it calls "mass chaos"

"Then people wind up standing in line waiting and there may not be vaccine left. This way we know if you have an appointment, you have a dose of vaccine waiting for you when you arrive," notes Registered Nurse and Health Center Coordinator, Leeann Hinnion.

The health department began making appointments last Thursday.

So far today, everything has gone smoothly.

"Nobody's had to wait more than 10 minutes between registration and getting their shot and going out the door," says Hinnion.

One person who could've benefited from the vaccination is Cliff Cothern.

Cliff works here at WBKO and came down with the virus last week.

"With me I didn't really get sick to my stomach. But I was weak. I coughed all the time. Ran a fever of about 100 degrees when I did measure it," Cothern explains.

He says he didn't get tested for H1N1 until a couple days after symptoms surfaced.

The testing, Cothern recalls, was almost as bad as the illness itself.

"Of all the experiences I had with this, that was the worst. Its like a flexible needle and its designed with a little swab tip on it. They put it up your nose until it stops. When it stops, it stopped right here... right at the cavity near my eye."

A scenario like Cothern's is one Shockley hopes to avoid with her 13-year-old son.

Now, with his vaccination, she's confident she's done just that.

"I am. We've done the right thing," Shockley says with a smile.

Hinnion says it still has doses of the vaccine for pregnant women.

In addition, she says more of these clinics will be held as the vaccine becomes available.