Department of Veterans Affairs Pacific Island System
Honolulu, HAWAII —The Department of Veterans Affairs Pacific Island System is unlike few other medical systems in the world.
Based in Hawaii, it spans approximately 2.6 million square miles and is responsible for all veterans of the U.S. armed forces residing in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam and the...

![Retired Vice Adm. Adam Robinson Jr., onetime surgeon general of the Navy and Marine Corps and chief of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, says telemedicine is the way to go for the Pacific. [photo: U.S. Navy via Civil Beat] Retired Vice Adm. Adam Robinson Jr.](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pacific_va_head_retired_vice_ad_adam_robinson_.jpg?itok=ceUOxA9b)