We firmly believe that we are a successful program and we continue to be very successful. Just based on what Major Le Beau has said, starting off with four field staff in 2002, working with many veterans and many CF members and many families, and in 2009 having a field staff of 48, probably says that we're very successful. It means that people are coming forward and accessing our programs. The numbers are growing daily.
We feel that the keys to our success have been working in partnership as government departments for a common cause: the health and well-being of CF members, veterans, and families with operational stress injuries.
As we've said, we are the non-clinical side within that continuum of care, but we work very closely with the clinical side because we firmly believe it's a team approach that gets people on the road to wellness. We also involve peers in our program development and policy development, and we think that too is extremely important.
Now we're going to turn it over to a couple of the field workers. I'm going to ask Cyndi Muise to speak first. Cyndi is a peer support coordinator. Then when Cyndi finishes, we'll turn it over to Laryssa Underhill.