across the country, and by the independent inspector general for the v.a. the tentative timeline for that inspector general to finish his final report is august. but today the inspector general released an interim report, that focused mostly on the v.a. medical center in phoenix, arizona, which is where this new iteration of these allegations started, although it does address some systemic findings. and the findings so far from the ig do both confirm the initial allegations and shed light on the scope of the problem. the v.a. inspector general says that he found that there are 1,400 veterans on the wait list in phoenix, waiting to see a primary care doctor, but there are 1,700 veterans who would also like to see a primary care doctor, but who haven't actually been put on the list. the inspector general found that the manipulation of wait lists and inappropriate scheduling practices is white spread across the v.a. health system and it is not confined to just phoenix. these veterans languishing in wait list pergtory are at risk of being forgotten or lost in the convoluted scheduling process at the phoenix v.a. following the release of this interim report today, more than