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Wide of veteran retrieving memory box2. Tight of dog sleeping on chair3. Tight of helicopter blade with veteran's name on it4. SOUNDBITE (English),...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYSneads Ferry, North Carolina - March 13, 20151. Wide of veteran retrieving memory box2. Tight of dog sleeping on chair3. Tight of helicopter blade with veteran's name on it4. SOUNDBITE (English), Rosie Noel, Wounded Veteran (transcript below)AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYFayetteville, North Carolina - March 11, 20155. Wide of VA hospital sign6. Wide of veteran in wheelchair7. Tight of hat with Airborne logo8. Wide of veterans waiting in line9. Tight of Uncle Sam poster10. Tight of Uncle Sam face11. Graphic with wait time numbersAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYTuskegee, Alabama - Marh 26, 201512. Wide of flags at entrance to Tuskegee, Alabama, VA Medical Center13. Mid of sign14. Tight of sign saying no urgent careAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYFayetteville, North Carolina - March 11, 201515. Wide exterior of Fayetteville VA Medical Center16. Mid of flag waving in breeze17. SOUNDBITE (English), Elizabeth Goolsby, Director, VMAC (transcript below)18. Wide of entrance to VA campus19. Tight panning shot of sign with words, \"The Price of Freedom is Visible Here\"20. Wide upshot of Fayetteville hospital21. Mid of veteran sitting on bench22. Mid of Fort Bragg signAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYJacksonville, North Carolina - File23. Mid of entrance to Camp Lejeune24. Tight of globe and anchor symbol on wallAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Fayetteville, North Carolina - March 12, 201525. Wide of attendants pushing veteran down hall on gurney26. Tight of sign with words \"Prosthetics\" and \"Rehabilitation\"27. SOUNDBITE (English), Elizabeth Goolsby, Director, VMAC (transcript below)28. Mid of veteran sitting as door with VA seal closes29. Wide of veteran walking up steps to trailer30. Tight of sign with words \"Wounded Warrior Program\"31. Mid of directional signs32. Wide of new outpatient center construction site33. Mid of workers on roof34. Mid of Goolsby in hard hat on tour inside new facility35. Tight of hard hat with word \"Betty\"36. SOUNDBITE (English), Keith Wells, Project Manager/Veteran (transcript below)37. Mid of people looking at artist rendering for new facility38. Tight of rendering39. Tight of poster with words \"Healing Garden View\"40. Wide of veteran getting eye exam41. Tight of veteran's face42. Tight of VA seal on  doctor's coat43. SOUNDBITE (English), William White, Army Veteran (transcript below)AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYSneads Ferry, North Carolina - March 13, 201544. Mid of Noel in chairPHOTO COURTESY ROSIE NOEL - AP CLIENTS ONLY45. STILL Noel in hospital bed with bandaged faceAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYSneads Ferry, North Carolina - March 13, 201546. Tight of Purple Heart medal47. Mid of Noel rummaging in memory box48. Tight of newspaper clip showing Noel in uniform49. Tight of box with words \"Semper Fi\"50. SOUNDBITE (English), Rosie Noel, Wounded Veteran (transcript below)51. Noel walking up driveway52. Tight of license plate with Purple Heart53. Tight detail of license plate54. Detail of plate with words \"Combat Wounded\"55. SOUNDBITE (English), Rosie Noel, Wounded Veteran (transcript below)PHOTO COURTESY JOHN SUDBRINK - AP CLIENTS ONLY56. STILL of Noel at Iwo JimaAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYSneads Ferry, North Carolina - March 13, 201557. Noel putting box behind chair58. Tight of Marine Corps log on boxVOICE-OVER SCRIPT:ROSIE NOEL HAD ALREADY WAITED EIGHT MONTHS FOR A BIOPSY.SO WHEN SHE LEARNED HALFWAY INTO HER THREE-HOUR DRIVE TO THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL THAT YET ANOTHER APPOINTMENT HAD BEEN CANCELED, THE RETIRED MARINE GUNNERY SERGEANT WENT BALLISTIC.SOUNDBITE: Rosie Noel, Wounded Veteran   \"I think my words were more in the lines of that I suffered a traumatic brain injury. I have PTSD. And you need to have security meet me at the quarterdeck.\"THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SET A GOAL FOR ITSELF THAT NO VETERAN WAIT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS TO SEE A CARE-GIVER. BUT DESPITE A BUILDING CAMPAIGN AND STAFF INCREASES, THE NUMBER OF VETS WAITING LONGER THAN THAT HAS BARELY BUDGED.DATA ANALYZED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SHOW THAT BETWEEN AUGUST AND THE END OF FEBRUARY, NEARLY 900-THOUSAND APPOINTMENTS TOOK LONGER THAN THIRTY DAYS. ABOUT A QUARTER OF THOSE CASES INVOLVED WAITS OF MORE THAN TWO MONTHS.THE SOUTH IS HOME TO MANY OF THE HOSPITALS WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF APPOINTMENTS TAKING LONGER THAN THIRTY DAYS. THE VA MEDICAL CENTER IN FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, IS NEAR THE TOP OF THAT LIST.SOUNDBITE (English), Elizabeth Goolsby, Director, Fayetteville VAMC\"I'm a veteran, and I know what it means to be a veteran. And I also know the debt that this nation owes to its veterans.\"VETERANS ARE ATTRACTED TO THE AREA BECAUSE OF ITS CLIMATE AND THE PROXIMITY TO THE ARMY'S FORT BRAGG AND THE CAMP LEJEUNE MARINE BASE. WHILE THE NATIONAL CASELOAD HAS BEEN GROWING AT ABOUT TWO PERCENT A YEAR, FOR THE FAYETTEVILLE VA ...SOUNDBITE (English), Elizabeth Goolsby, Director, Fayetteville VAMC\"... it's a little over eight percent. In fact, it's a little over eight percent ... About every ten to twelve weeks we need to add a new primary care team at one of our sites.\"TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION, GOOLSBY HAS ADDED TRAILERS AND MODULAR BUILDINGS TO THE MAIN CAMPUS. NEARBY, A NEW 250-THOUSAND-SQUARE-FOOT OUTPATIENT CENTER WILL NEARLY DOUBLE HER CURRENT CAPACITY.SOUNDBITE (English), Keith Wells, Project Manager/Veteran\"I think this facility will be more than adequate to accommodate those individuals coming back that we need to serve so well.\"RETIRED ARMY SERGEANT FIRST CLASS WILLIAM WHITE SAYS HE'S NEVER HAD TROUBLE GETTING SEEN BY THE FAYETTEVILLE STAFF.SOUNDBITE (English), William White, Army Veteran\"You can't get no better service than the VA.\"THAT HASN'T BEEN NOEL'S EXPERIENCE.IN 2005, SHE REFUSED TO LEAVE IRAQ AFTER A ROCKET FRAGMENT TORE OPEN HER FACE AND BROKE HER JAW _ EARNING HER A PURPLE HEART.BUT WHEN A ROUTINE SCREENING FOUND ABNORMAL CELLS IN HER CERVIX, SHE EXPECTED A BIT MORE URGENCY FROM THE VA.SOUNDBITE (English), Rosie Noel, Retired Marine\"This isn't an infected ingrown toenail.\"AFTER TEN MONTHS, NOEL FINALLY GOT HER BIOPSY. BUT ONLY AFTER GOING OUTSIDE THE VA SYSTEM.THE RESULTS CAME BACK BENIGN. 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