Is it possible to create two Boot Camp volumes on one drive?

Recently, my MacBook Pro (mid-2009) was running out of space. I have a 500GB internal drive, with a 120GB boot camp partition. I opted to install a new 480GB SDD in the optical bay, move the Mac OS and files to the SDD and leave the Boot Camp partition on the old HDD. Now I wonder, is it possible to split the HDD into two or even three partitions and have TWO of them run as Boot Camp drives for Windows?
The reason is this: I have a work Windows drive and a development windows drive. I am running Parallels, but with our business systems, and the developmnt aspect, I need to boot both into native Windows if possible. I'd rather NOT use up SDD space for a Windows machine, since it's already smaller (and I like the faster speed on the Mac side anyway).
Any thoughts from the community?

Eli Sherer wrote:
Any thoughts from the community?
I would ask this one: https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp

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