 We planned a parallel-group randomized controlled trial set in the general medicine and urgent care clinics of the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center VAMC. All participants underwent an interview collecting information about HIV risk factors and other predictors of HIV screening, as well as knowledge of HIV test characteristics and prevention. All patients were randomized to one of three models of screening: Model A: Traditional counselingtesting; Model B: Nurse-based screening traditional counselingtesting; Model C: Nurse-based screening streamlined counseling rapid testing 