rewrite for clarity and reduce plagiarism: DAV Medical Transportation, DAV operates a fleet of vehicles around the country to provide free transportation to VA medical facilities for injured and ill veterans. DAV is an organization of veterans helping veterans. DAV stepped in to help veterans get the care they need when the federal government terminated its program that helped many of them pay for transportation to and from medical facilities. The vans are driven by volunteers, and the rides are coordinated by more than 149 Hospital Service Coordinators around the country. Since the program's inception in 1987, DAV departments and chapters have donated 3,763 vehicles and Ford Motor Co. has donated 264 vehicles at a cost of more than $96 million. The DAV Transportation Network is staffed by volunteers; therefore, it is unable to cover every community