While it's still unclear whether any cuts to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will impact the Northport facility, some locals said Friday they were preparing for the worst.

Donna Wurster, who lives in Murphy, receives treatment at the VA in Dallas for extensive nerve damage in both legs, arthritis and a long list of other physical ailments due to her 20 years in the Army and Army Reserves. Wurster said she is nervous that wait times will increase and veterans will be without health care they desperately need.

Veterans were among the several thousand protesters who amassed on the National Mall on Friday to rally against the Trump administration's unilateral deep cuts to the federal government, including at the Department of Veterans Affairs.