Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson visited VA hospitals in Nashville and Murfreesboro this week, saying his appearance was not a "one and done" tour as he pledged to keep scrutiny on efforts to correct failures in quality care and to shorten wait times for patient appointments. Gibson said the agency has to rebuild trust in the wake of a government audit and national scandal about veterans being denied access to timely care. "We don't expect anybody to give it back," he said. "We have to earn it back." The Tennessee Valley Healthcare System reported some of the longest wait times in the nation, particularly for new patients needing to see specialists.
