# Patients Come First Podcast - Daryl Washington Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/patients-come-first-586041/patients-come-first-podcast-daryl-washington Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/patients-come-first-586041/patients-come-first-podcast-daryl-washington.md Podcast: [Patients Come First](https://stenobird.com/podcast/patients-come-first-586041) Published: 2026-04-05T11:46:03+00:00 Episode link: https://blubrry.com/patients_come_first/153787837/patients-come-first-podcast-daryl-washington/ Audio file: https://media.blubrry.com/patients_come_first/content.blubrry.com/patients_come_first/VHHA_Patients_Come_First_Podcast-Daryl_Washington.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/patients-come-first-586041/episodes/patients-come-first-podcast-daryl-washington Duration seconds: 902 ## Resource This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Commissioner Daryl Washington, the recently appointed leader of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS). He joins us for a conversation about his career in community-based behavioral health, public demand for mental health and substance use treatment services, his vision for DBHDS, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/patients-come-first-586041/episodes/patients-come-first-podcast-daryl-washington/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/patients-come-first-586041/patients-come-first-podcast-daryl-washington.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.