WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Veterans Affairs chief says his department has reached out to all 1,700 veterans kept off an official waiting list at the troubled Phoenix hospital.

Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson said the department is discussing individual medical needs with the veterans and has begun scheduling appointments. A report by the VA’s inspector general last week said 1,700 Phoenix area veterans were “at risk of being lost or forgotten” after being kept off the official waiting list.

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