The Choice List

open to veterans who have to wait more than 30 days for an appointment

1.2 MILLION

Veterans put on the Veterans Choice Program (VCP) waitlist for outside care in fiscal 2015 (Oct. 1, 2014 to Sept. 30, 2015)

283,500

Veterans authorized by the VHA for an outside appointment

149,400

Veterans who actually received care under the VCP in the first 11 months of the program

45 DAYS

Average wait time for a VCP appointment —VHA Office of the Inspector General Review of the Implementation of the Veterans Choice Program, January 2017

25%

Percentage increase in VCP authorizations in fiscal 2016 over fiscal 2015 —VHA response to OIG report

360,000

Providers in VCP for fiscal 2016, up 67% from fiscal 2015