Liz- Not here... I went in by ambulance with a gastritis, crying out in pain with every "contraction". They rolled me in and then rolled me out... no rooms.... had me sit in the lobby for 6 hours with no pain meds. thought i'd die.
even with heart stuff, they do a quick EKG in triage, and determine if you need treatment right away or not... if it's normal, it's 4-6 hours in the lobby; if at all. I left once... no point - lady who did my EKG (sitting up in a chair with underwire bra on) said "I've been living with this for 40 years! There's nothing wrong!" There'd even been a family before me who still hadn't gotten in after they'd taken 7 people back who came in after me when my heart was in a riot. You only get seen immediately if you're having a heart attack, in cardiac arrest, or having a stroke (or some other life threating emergency of course). (I sound to myself like I'm whining). i'm so sick and tired of not being listened to (unless I'm just plain crazy, like they think :/ )

Day 6 of 101 temp and stomach swelling with any food I eat. REALLY praying and hoping I get an AWESOME cardiologist who knows her stuff and can LISTEN and help me get somewhere moving toward REAL health.
Glad you're back, btw!

-Kiya, I learned while acting on my Mom's behalf that cardiac patients and patients brought in by ambulance get taken straight back to an examine room in the ER. Maybe it was taking advantage of the system, but I once had her transported to the ER by ambulance because I knew she would be taken right back. Mom had dementia, kidney failure and hear problems. There's no way she could've handled sitting in the waiting room for hours. Be forewarned though that in my area you have to pay for non-emergency transport. It's good that you are seeing a cardio doc next month.