Original sentence: During his career, he served at five different hospitals starting as a Research and Education Associate, becoming a Chief of Staff, and then a Medical Center Director.Following Senate confirmation, on August 6, 1990 Holsinger was sworn into office by Secretary Edward Derwinski.He created the VA-DOD Contingency Hospital System, which was capable of providing 25,000 beds within 72 hours in support of America's armed forces.He served simultaneously as Assistant to the Director for Logistics (J4) for Medical Support on the Joint Staff.Holsinger served for 26 years in the Veterans Administration (renamed the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1989) before retiring on July 13, 1994.In that same year he was awarded the Surgeon General's Medallion by Surgeon General Antonia Novello
Edited sentence: During his distinguished career, he served at five different hospitals starting as a Research and Education Associate, becoming a Chief of Staff, and then a Medical Center Director.Following Senate confirmation, on August 6, 1990 Holsinger was sworn into office by Secretary Edward Derwinski following the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq the week before.He created the VA-DOD Contingency Hospital System which was capable of providing 25 thousand beds within 72 hours in support of America's armed forces.His efforts were materially enhanced by his serving simultaneously as Assistant to the Director for Logistics (J4) for Medical Support on the Joint Staff.Holsinger served for 26 years in the Veterans Administration  (Department of Veterans Affairs created in 1989) before retiring on July 13, 1994.In that same year he was awarded the Surgeon General's Medallion by Surgeon General Antonia Novello, first Hispanic woman to serve as Surgeon General of the United States