ms. st. james, thank you very much again, crystal. ms. st. james, i know you're in the physical evaluation which means the bricks and mortar, that type of thing. do you, do you feel like the va is making adequate plans in terms of that? and going to senator tester's statement about contract services particularly in states like montana and take south georgia where we have 63 counties where we don't have a physician, private or va for that matter. do you think the va is making adequate plans to deal with what's going to be a higher volume of services because of the veterans of iraq and afghanistan in terms of the fiscal plan? >> we looked at their planning process both on the part of bricks and mortar, as you mentioned, as well as looking at their enrollee health care projection model, and on the physical infrastructure side the new planning process that they have which is called s.k.i.p., we haven't had time to really evaluate that to know whether or not it is taking into account what needs to be done. it does take into account that overall pla

ms. st. james, i wanted to ask you while you were here, i recently heard some very disturbing complaints from a female veteran. she told me she had a great deal of difficulty in accessing appropriate, safe care for herself. she'd had some exams from a doctor where he left the exam room open to a crowded hallway, had been harassed by male veterans while trying to get mental health care and other concerns. and i'm concerned about the lack of separate women-only inpatient mental health care unit that we're hearing about as well. so i'm very concerned that the va is not strategically planning for the increasing number of women veterans, something mr. rieckhoff mentioned as one of the costs of this war. can you share with this committee how many of va's backlogged construction projects involve immaterial improvements -- improvements needed just to protect the privacy and safety of woman veterans? >> i really, excuse me, don't have that specific information be. i do know that there are initiatives that v