You can be the first on your block get a swine flu shot.  The National Institutes of Health needs several thousand volunteers to test a new vaccine before the H1N1 virus hits hard in the fall.  NewsChannel 5 reports doctors will test several different doses in healthy adults.   Nashville is a pick city for the nationwide trial. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is one of 8 research facilities that will handle the testing. 
The Tennessean reports the study will need 400 volunteers when it gets underway in early August. Volunteers will get paid for their time and effort.  Click on this link to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center H1N1 Clinical Trials or call 615-322-2730.
News 2 has more on Vanderbilt's participation in this program in our video box.
There are 282 cases of swine flu statewide, with one death.  Across the nation, there 40,617 cases, with 263 deaths.