The service has signed an agreement with Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy, included in what the Department of Health calls a “2014-15 statement of priorities”.

The government released the agreements between the minister and health services across the state this week, something it said had never been done by the previous Coalition government.

Albury Wodonga Health has committed itself to a target of 82 per cent of patients leaving its emergency departments within four hours.

Last May it was revealed 69 per cent of the 32,497 patients who went through the emergency department at Albury hospital in 2013 were out the door within four hours.

That was a 2 per cent fall on the turnaround for the 32,581 patients seen in 2012.

The Wodonga emergency department result was 77 per cent of 26,770 patients processed within four hours, down from 82 per cent of 28,770 patients in 2012.

These patients must either be admitted to hospital, be referred to another hospital for treatment or discharged.

Former health service chief Stuart Spring had predicted the 2014 figure was likely to improve significantly once the impact of the now-expanded Wodonga emergency department took effect.

Albury Wodonga Health was one of the few health services not to have its elective surgery waiting list included in the document.

It released a figure of 2337 earlier this week, although this cannot be cross-checked with the department.

That is because Albury Wodonga Health is not yet required to formally report its data.

A spokeswoman for Ms Hennessy said that was because Albury Wodonga Health had not developed its “elective surgery information system”.

“The department is working with Albury Wodonga Health to have it included as one of the ESIS reporting hospitals,” she said.

Albury Wodonga Health’s figure of 2700 from its 2013-14 annual report is equal to one of Melbourne’s busiest hospitals, the Royal Melbourne, as well as Ballarat and Bendigo.

Northeast Health Wangaratta has 691 people on its elective surgery waiting list.