sql select distinct statement

that's because the combinations (in the complete table) return distinct values
if one column is distinct of the entire table, sql will show it
take a look

SELECT internal.i FROM (
SELECT 1 AS i
UNION  
SELECT 2 AS i
union
SELECT 3 AS i
) internal



SELECT distinct internal.i, internal.o FROM (
SELECT 1 AS i, 2 AS o
UNION  
SELECT 1 AS i, 1 AS o
union
SELECT 3 AS i, 2 AS o
) internal

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try this

SELECT 
	Staff_Training_ID
    , Staff_ID
    , Staff_LName
    , Staff_MName
    , Staff_FName
    , hphone
    , Hcounty
    , hstreet1
    , hstreet2
    , hcity
    , hstate
    , hzip
    , Emp_DOB
    , Child_Abuse_Dt
    , Food_Handler_Exp_Dt
    , First_Aid_Exp_Dt
    , CPR_Exp_Dt
    , DMV_Record_Dt
    , Drivers_License_Exp_Dt
    , CBR_Comments
    , CBR_Exp_DT
    , fsa.Facility_ID
    , Director_Name
    , Site_Phone_No  FROM (
SELECT
      l.Staff_Training_ID
    , RANK() OVER ( PARTITION BY l.staff_training_id ORDER BY l.staff_training_id ) AS Rnk
    , s.Staff_ID
    , s.Staff_LName
    , s.Staff_MName
    , s.Staff_FName
    , s.hphone
    , s.Hcounty
    , s.hstreet1
    , s.hstreet2
    , s.hcity
    , s.hstate
    , s.hzip
    , s.Emp_DOB
    , l.Child_Abuse_Dt
    , l.Food_Handler_Exp_Dt
    , l.First_Aid_Exp_Dt
    , l.CPR_Exp_Dt
    , l.DMV_Record_Dt
    , l.Drivers_License_Exp_Dt
    , s.CBR_Comments
    , CBR_Exp_DT
    , fsa.Facility_ID
    , f.Director_Name
    , f.Site_Phone_No
FROM
      Staff_Training_Log AS l
INNER JOIN Staff AS s
      ON l.Staff_ID = s.Staff_ID
         AND l.Staff_ID = s.Staff_ID
INNER JOIN Facility_Staff_Assoc AS fsa
      ON l.Staff_ID = fsa.Staff_ID
INNER JOIN Facility AS f
      ON f.Facility_PK = fsa.Facility_ID
WHERE
      facility_ID = " & lv_Facility_ID & "
) as der WHERE rnk = 1

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Distinct will not work because the returned result contain multiple of the same rows i.e. from Staff_Training_Log for a staff, it can be lots of the records

Unless you want to select the latest tranining log or max for that staff only..i.e.

SELECT  l.Staff_Training_ID,
      s.Staff_ID, s.Staff_LName,
      s.Staff_MName, s.Staff_FName, s.hphone, s.Hcounty,
      s.hstreet1, s.hstreet2, s.hcity, s.hstate, s.hzip,
      s.Emp_DOB,
      l.Child_Abuse_Dt,
      l.Food_Handler_Exp_Dt,
      l.First_Aid_Exp_Dt,
      l.CPR_Exp_Dt,
      l.DMV_Record_Dt,
      l.Drivers_License_Exp_Dt,
      s.CBR_Comments, CBR_Exp_DT,
      fsa.Facility_ID, f.Director_Name, f.Site_Phone_No
FROM (
      
      SELECT      l.Staff_ID
            max(l.Staff_Training_ID) as Staff_Training_ID ,
            max(l.Child_Abuse_Dt) as Child_Abuse_Dt,
            max(l.Food_Handler_Exp_Dt) as Food_Handler_Exp_Dt,
            max(l.First_Aid_Exp_Dt) as First_Aid_Exp_Dt,
            max(l.CPR_Exp_Dt) as CPR_Exp_Dt,
            max(l.DMV_Record_Dt) as DMV_Record_Dt,
            max(l.Drivers_License_Exp_Dt) as Drivers_License_Exp_Dt,
            Staff_Training_Log l
      Group by l.Staff_ID
) l
INNER JOIN Staff AS s ON l.Staff_ID = s.Staff_ID
INNER JOIN Facility_Staff_Assoc AS fsa ON s.Staff_ID = fsa.Staff_ID
INNER JOIN Facility AS f ON f.Facility_PK = fsa.Facility_ID
WHERE facility_ID = lv_Facility_ID
ORDER BY s.Staff_LName

Perhaps you can provide some sample relevant data for your tables and what you would like to see as results.

One staff_ID can have multiple Facility_ID 's.  This is my problem.  See attached.
duplicateStaffId.JPG

You are selecting far more attributes than your example shows, including a number of what appear to be dates. If you only want one row per staff_id, you need to determine the criteria for that selection, such as a latest date.

This was right.   Thanks.