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1921

In 1921, the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Public Health Service Veterans’ hospitals, and Rehabilitation Division of the Federal Board of Vocational Education were consolidated to form one agency.

1923

They were the first to accept women Veterans for medical care and hospitalization beginning in 1923.

1925

Salem Clinic was founded in 1925 by a group of three physicians.

1928

In 1928, admission to Veterans Bureau hospitals and National Homes was fully extended to women, National Guard, and militia Veterans.

1929

By 1929, the National Homes had grown to 11 institutions that spanned the country.

1945

General Omar Bradley took the reins at VA in 1945 and steered its transformation into a modern organization.

1946

The first women doctors were hired in 1946.

1955

Growth and development then prompted a move to the Livesly Building and from there to the Griffin Building in 1955.

1977

In 1977, two VA doctors, Doctor Rosalyn Yalow (Bronx VAMC) and Doctor Andrew Schally (New Orleans VAMC) received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in developing radioimmunoassay of peptide hormones.

1991

VA’s Department of Medicine and Surgery was re-designated as the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration, as part of the elevation, and on May 7, 1991, was renamed as the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

2022

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