rail service on more than 45 miles of double track in the City of Atlanta and DeKalb and Ful-. ton Counties. MARTA has invested approximately $3.7 billion in its bus and rail equipment. and property, and it is the nationâs eighth largest transit system.
In 1968, MCV joined with the Richmond Professional Institute to form Virginia Commonwealth University.[1] The School of Medicine is one of five schools within the VCU Medical Center. Located on VCU's MCV Campus in Richmond, Virginia, the medical school offers dozens of master's, doctoral and interdisciplinary programs in addition to the M.D. degree, postdoctoral research and residency training opportunities.
Based in Charlottesville, the Health System also operates satellite locations throughout Virginia, in Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Campbell, Fluvanna, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange counties. The first medical degrees granted by UVA were awarded in 1828. The University of Virginia Hospital, designed by architect Paul J. Pelz, opened in 1901. The UVA Health System's patient care, research and medical education are frequently ranked highly by several ranking systems.