I think the doctors that work for corporations are under enormous pressure to be hyper-efficient and meet targets, often at the expense of good medical care. The typical appointment with my doctor is a 15 minute slot. She also has 30 minute and 45 minute slots for more complex appointments and procedures. But it is really hard to get one of those. It seems like the wait for a 15 minute appointment is usually only a week or two, but the wait for a 30 minute appointment can be a couple of months, and for a 45 minute appointment, perhaps even 6 months. Once recently my doctor told me to schedule a 30 minute follow-up appointment to take care of several things, and the office staff were very uncooperative in scheduling me. They said it would be several months wait, even when I told them the doctor said I should return in a month. I asked them if they didn't have any 30 minute appointments available, did they have any times in the schedule when they had 2 consecutive 15 minute openings, and I would just take that. They said yes, they had a number of consecutives like that, but they still wouldn't give me those appointments! Go figure that. Talk about being unhelpful![/size][/font]