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Fayetteville VAMC facility in Goldsboro scheduled 2,886 medical appointments in July 2020

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The Fayetteville VA Medical Center, subsidiary 565GF in Goldsboro, North Carolina, scheduled 2,886 pending appointments during the period ending August 1, according to data collected from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

Of the total number of appointments, 2,863 had a wait time of 30 days or less (99.2%) and 23 appointments (0.8%) were scheduled more than 30 days out.

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in January 2019 reported that wait times for new appointments at VA health care facilities were similar to or better than wait times at private-sector providers between 2014 and 2017.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO), however, released a report in July 2019 that cautioned that the VA's data-tracking system only captures part of the appointment process and fails to account for the time that it takes the VA to enroll veterans in its health benefits program.

The VA explains on its website that when veterans apply for benefits, they are assigned to one of eight priority groups, with those who need immediate care due to service-related disabilities placed in higher priority groups. Veterans who do not have service-connected disabilities and earn a higher income are placed in the lower priority groups.

Fayetteville VA Medical Center Appointments Scheduled in July
Facility CodeLocationTotal Appointments ScheduledAppointments Scheduled 30 Days or LessAppointments Scheduled More than 30 Days
565GLFayetteville46,79342,6054,188
565GCWilmington18,21916,4441,775
565Fayetteville12,68110,5172,164
565GAJacksonville3,6693,57495
565GGSanford3,0773,01760
565GFGoldsboro2,8862,86323
565GEPembroke2,1882,080108
565GHHolden Beach1,6711,64229
565GDHamlet1,6691,65217
565GMJacksonville1,1841,1768
565GJJacksonville1,1131,1094
565QAFayetteville78275230
565QDFayetteville36230557
565MBIDES Fort Bragg74677
565MDIDES Camp Lejeune44440
Source: U.S. Veteran's Administration

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