One of the things we found in the work we did for the department on rural Canada is that different kinds of services are more important to people, to older adults and to older veterans, in different kinds of situations. For example, if you are someone who has reasonably good health, who drives a car, and who is used to travelling some distance from a larger service centre, it may not be a huge issue to you.
We interviewed people in one community that was about a two-hour drive from a major service centre, and those who were driving and were in reasonably good health were not concerned about lack of local physicians or specialists, because they were able to get there. So it depends. For some people who are very frail and who need specialists' care, this could be a real concern.
So it's hard to generalize. It depends on the veterans and their particular needs.