Stats: "VA alone fitted 6,000 new prosthetic limbs"

"That such a futuristic program would be funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs is no surprise to some. In the last year, the VA alone fitted 6,000 new prosthetic limbs and performed adjustments and repairs on 40,000 of them, said Stephan Fihn, acting chief research officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs." [source]