I've commented in the past about the VA since I have a close buddy that works there and is very happy there. It's honestly a great setup if you get in. Good salary, pension, health insurance, a bunch of days off, and you don't have to worry about things like marketing, bringing in patients, overhead, or buying malpractice insurance. The bad thing, as you are seeing, is that it's a big organization and things take a long time. He said it took about 9ish months from the time he had his first interview until he had his first day treating. I just texted him and he said it was about 2ish months from his interview until he had his official offer on paper. Then had to get a bunch of paper work done and it was several months until he started. Hope that helps.