I tend to agree with your statement. At the local clinic I’ve seen only one woman out of probably hundreds of old men. The old men are the Vietnam vets, of which include a very limited number of females. Younger vets are there from the sandbox wars, but they are men.
What I’ve found bothersome is some of their forms ask for a person’s pronoun. Also they continue to mandate those stupid covid masks while in the building.
The VA medical system and Vet Centers are separate entities. They are the facilities that treat women’s PTSD. And I’ve only seen a couple at our center. They are primarily treated for in-service rape, which does occur.
I don’t know much about PTSD. Learned some things of late. One being, the vast majority of women PTSD is from sexual assault. I am not wording that as rape only because the VA words it that way, and there may be a difference.
Given that we can’t reach recruiting goals because of fat and stupid issues, it would be insane not to seek women for recruitment so we will absolutely see more of them at the VA.
I read thru the employment credential requirements for VA docs. It is a surprising read. The key item I most recall was something saying under no circumstances will a physician be hired for a geographic area that is difficult to staff if all minimum credentials are not met. Rather, veterans in that region will be transported elsewhere at VA expense if staffing is inadequate.
So far, I have no complaints about VA healthcare. I spent time comparing reviews of VA Medical Centers vs big hospitals in the same area. Both get praised and both get trashed. I didn’t take a formal count, but a general impression is the VA gets dinged for long waits on phone queues and the big civilian places are hammered long waits once actually at the hospital.