; and (5) the total number of employees who voluntarily separated from the Department and the number and percentage of whom took the exit survey under subsection (a). 13. Encouraging transition of military medical professionals into employment with Veterans Health Administration The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a program to encourage an individual who serves in the Armed Forces with a military occupational specialty relating to the provision of health care to seek employment with the Veterans Health Administration when the individual has been discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces or is contemplating separating from such service. 14. Plan to hire directors of medical centers of Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Plan Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop and implement a plan to hire highly qualified directors for each medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs that lacks a permanent director as of the date of the plan. The Secretary shall prioritize the hiring of such directors for the medical centers that have not had a permanent director for the longest periods. (b) Matters included The plan developed under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A deadline to hire the directors of the medical centers of the Department as described in such subsection. (2) Identification of the possible impediments to such hiring. (3) Identification of opportunities to promote and train candidates from within the Department to senior executive positions in the Department, including as directors of medical centers. (c) Submission Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate the plan developed under subsection (a). (d) Semiannual reports Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and each 180-day period thereafter until January 1, 2018, the