By Patricia Kime
Wait times for veterans seeking medical appointments at the VA have remained stubbornly stagnant in the past five months, with the number of patients who have waited more than a month to see a doctor topping 505,000, according to newly released data.
Of the nearly 6.7 million medical appointments at Veterans Affairs Department facilities nationwide, 92 percent 
roughly the same percentage for the past year — were scheduled within a 30-day standard set by Congress in 2014.
But the number of veterans who had to wait a month or more was up 23,000 from April, including the 297,013 veterans who have waited one to two months for an appointment.
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