The Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, subsidiary 534GD in Goose Creek, South Carolina scheduled 10,885 pending appointments in March compared to 12,008 during the same period last year, according to data collected from the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs.
Of the total number of appointments this March, 10,790 had a wait time of 30 days or less (99.1%) and 95 appointments (0.9%) 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 or better to wait times at private-sector providers between 2014 and 2017.