Bulletin of the History of Medicine

Data derived from VA Annual Reports, 1947, 1952, 1967, 1980, 1991

Sources: “Administrator of Veterans Affairs Annual Report, 1947” (Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947), p. 1 (total veterans tallied as 18.2 million). “Administrator of Veterans Affairs Annual Report, 1952” (Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953), p. 1 (total veterans tallied at 19.3 million). “Administrator of Veterans Affairs Annual Report, 1967” (n. 22), p. 308 (total number of veterans tallied at 25.84 million). “Administrator of Veterans Affairs Annual Report, 1980” (Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980), p. 4 (total number of veterans tallied at approximately 30 million). “Annual Report of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs/Department of Veterans Affairs” (Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991), p. 1 (total number of veterans tallied at 26.6 million).