VCU Health System No. 1 for first time among private firms.

When it comes to top employers, health care is taking the place of financial firms that once dominated the local scene.

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System ranked No. 1 for the first time on the Top 50 list of private area employers this year, increasing the number of full-time equivalent workers by 1.32 percent to 7,082 employees. Read more from the Richmond Times Dispatch.