Veterans at Bend/Robert D. Maxwell VA Clinic will be receiving 144 critical second doses of vaccine, thanks to a historic flight from Portland to Redmond on Friday. Veterans Administration Portland healthcare officials say this was the first such authorization in the entire VA to avoid weather-related travel issues. VA Portland expects to send about 144 doses per week of the Pfizer vaccine to Bend and, starting in March, about 600 doses per month of the Moderna vaccine.