Dorn VA Audit

Columbia, SC (WOLO)- Patients seeking care through the Dorn V-A are waiting an average of 77 days for their first appointment with a primary care doctor. That is more than five time longer than the department’s goal. The Department Of Veterans Affairs released a report today, stating the average wait time for new patients at South Carolina’s other VA hospital in Charleston… averaged about 45 days. VA guidelines say veterans should be seen within 14 days of their desired date for a primary care appointment. The department now says that meeting that target was unattainable given existing resources and growing demand.