MAP: Waiting for a liver transplant; CREDIT: DOUG STEVENS Los Angeles Times; IN TRANSIT: A liver arrives at St. Luke's, which last year performed 246 liver transplants, more than any other hospital in the United States. It once transplanted 30 livers in a single month.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times; INCOMING: Dr. [Darrin Willingham] wraps up the liver [Frank Evanac] will get. St. Luke's Hospital has the shortest U.S. waiting time, a median of six weeks. The nationwide figure is more than three years.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times; PRE-OPERATION: A nurse prepares Frank Evanac of New York for his double transplant at St. Luke's Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. For transplantation purposes, the nation is divided into 58 territories, each with its own organ supply and demand. Evanac was among the tiny minority of patients who are savvy and well off enough to leave town and join waiting lists in territories with better organ supplies.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Photographs by Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times; OUTCOME: Frank Evanac recovers from his February liver and kidney transplant surgery in Jacksonville. He had been awaiting a liver four years in New York City.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Photographs by Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times; NEW LEASE ON LIFE: Evanac enjoys a sandwich at a deli back home. He is strong enough to climb onto his backhoe again.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times; GRIEF: Laura Van Vlack with a photo of her husband, [Jonathan Van Vlack], who died while waiting for a liver in New York.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times; LIFESAVER: Frank Evanac gets a liver and kidney transplant in Jacksonville, Fla., where the wait for organs is much shorter than in New York City, his home. The surgery came just 14 days after he switched programs. His diseased liver is in the basin.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Photographs by Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times; GRAPHIC: MAP: Waiting for a liver transplant; CREDIT: DOUG STEVEN Los Angeles Times