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3 unusual facts about Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center


Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center

The unique partnership began in October 2002 when the Veterans Health Administration and the DoD signed an Executive Council Decision Memo, directing the partnership between the two medical centers.

The Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC), opened Oct. 1, 2010, and is the United States' first federal health care center that partners the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense into a single, fully integrated federal health care facility.

The merger was accomplished in three phases and is named in honor of Apollo 13 astronaut, Captain James A. Lovell, USN.



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