The number of female veterans seeking medical services from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs is expected to double within the next five years. There are currently about 1.7 million female veterans, or 7 percent of the nation's nearly 25 million veterans. More than 250,000 women have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Female veterans have complained that the VA has a male-dominated atmosphere that can make them uncomfortable and that the VA has been to slow to provide such things as mammograms and pap smears.
The Senate Armed Forces Committee is discussing a bill to look into the unique aspects of Military Sexual Trauma. There is a long overdue mandate to train specialist in the care of female and male veterans victimized by sexual assault.
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