Consortium agreement to hone Wright-Patt medical skills
Jack Hetrick, network director for Veterans Integrated Service Network, VISN 10 (center left) and Col. Tim Ballard, 88th Medical Group commander, sign an agreement May 1 designed to improve the timeliness of medical care to veterans throughout Ohio. The signing will allow the VA to send veterans to Wright-Patterson Medical Center for inpatient or outpatient services, expanding the current relationship between VISN 10 and the Department of Defense. The men were flanked by Surgeon General of the Air Force Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Thomas Travis (far left) and Col. John Devillier, 88th Air Base Wing commander. (Cox Media Group Ohio photo by Ty Greenlees)