Why did it take to the past couple of years, well into the long occupations of two countries, to first recognize, what the women vets were saying, the lack of forward movement and need as to caring for more and more women veterans, many serving in combat or possible combat positions. You'll have to ask those who control the purse strings and congressional hearings, once again taking control of the Congressional House and already seeking to cut VA budget on some issues, in those years prior as other war costs were quickly rubber stamped, including the loss of billions and waste on shoddy private contractor issues, with little mention of the costs as to the results of these occupations, that was across the board once again, even military care, and not only related to the women vets. And still no demand by the Country to 'sacrifice'!
Jun. 19, 2011 - Roughly 6,000 female veterans in Dallas-Fort Worth get medical care from Veterans Affairs.
They represent 6 percent of the patients in the Fort Worth outpatient clinic and Dallas hospital, but the trend is definitely heading north. The VA expects to serve 18,000 North Texas women within five to 10 years, in part because Texas has the second-most female veterans of any state.
The growing number of female veterans, including many with combat experience and some with debilitating injuries, has led the Veterans Affairs Department to re-engineer some of its services to a population that was largely unfamiliar to the VA system in the past.
The Fort Worth outpatient clinic, for example, opened a women's clinic, led by a female internist, in its new building last fall and has integrated cervical exams, mammography and sexual trauma therapy into its clinical options.
"Certainly there is demand," said Assistant VA Secretary L. Tammy Duckworth. "For the first time in our nation's history, we have combat veterans giving birth. We have found that women veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan use the VA at far higher rates than any other demographic group. ... We've come a long way in the last two years. We have a lot more work to do, but we've made tremendous progress." {continued}
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