The Marlin VAMC is a progressive rural facility which currently offers primary care with some speciality care services. The Marlin VAMC provides Waco, Temple, and Austin with extended care support. It also operates a mobile clinic which travels to rural sites throughout Central Texas. The mobile clinic is a cost efficient way to provide basic health screening to many rural veterans. The VA Medical Center at Waco has an authorized bed level of 572 beds.
Ambulatory care is provided for patients in medicine and psychiatry.
Surgery and other sub-specialties are provided by referral to the Olin E. Teague Veterans' Center in Temple. The primary service area for the Waco VA Medical Center is the state of Texas, but referrals are also received from Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Arizona. The state's veteran population is 1,747,000. The Waco VA Medical Center is also affiliated with six colleges of podiatric medicine for residency program in podiatry, and students in training come from 42 affiliated institutions for various allied health occupations. The Olin E. Teague Veterans' Center is an 802-bed medical center with medical, surgical, and extended care services.