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摘要

On Sept. 30,1994, Fort Ord was decommissioned. It was one of the largest U.S. military bases ever shut down. Located near Monterey Bay on the California coast, some of the services provided by the base needed to continue, and one of the most prominent was serving the needs of the local military veterans. Jammed into a 35,000-square-foot medical building, the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA) operated an outpatient clinic that served more than 10,000 patients a year, employing about 125 staff members.