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Joining Forces video

First Lady Michelle Obama at Virginia Commonwealth University, announcing a major commitment by the country’s top medical colleges and universities to create a new generation of doctors, medical schools, and research facilities to ensure that veterans and service members and their families receive the medical care they need. (Video courtesy of Virginia Commonwealth University.)

Photo courtesy of Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Fast Facts

  • More than 20 percent of all first-year medical students are attending one of the nation’s colleges of osteopathic medicine.
  • There are 26 colleges of osteopathic medicine, four branch campuses and four remote teaching sites (as of fall 2011) offering instruction in 25 states.

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