How long is the longest you have waited in a doctor's office?

The longest I had to wait was in the emergency room right before Christmas and I had a serious burn on my hand. I had to wait for 5 hours in the middle of the night and they wouldn't let me put anything cold on all the blisters. I seriously thought I wouldn't live through the night.

three hours- for the dentist. And when I got into his office, I only spent 5 minutes at most there getting some wire cut out .

I think the longest I have had to wait is 2 or 2 1/2 hours before we got called back to the little room. We have a walk in clinic that can take forever and a day. The one on the other side of town (same affliliations)you are in and out within 20-30 mins. The only thing is they don't see anyone under 1 year.

I won't wait in the waiting room past an hour. I get up and let them know I'm not at all happy about the wait. Usually I get in soon after that. Otherwise I'll just reschedule. I can understand it happening once in awhile, but if it's a frequent problem, I'll find a new doctor. It's so ironic, if you cancel less then 24 hours, they can charge you for the visit still, if you're running late, they cancel your appt., but it's ok to make you wait forever, not acceptable in my opinion. Also, I've found that if you make the appointments first thing in the morning, like they open at 9, you make your appt around that time, you're less likely to wait for long periods. Usually, I was told anyway(& it makes sense) they start running behind because of people calling in for appts at the last minute, people running late etc.

I went to the doctor and I had to wait about 4 hours to be handled and I had an appointment!!!

i have been 5 hours, and when came my turn the doctor said he must go. do you belive?

It is rude for doctors to do that. I've waited a long time before, but I hate doctors who make me do that.

The longest wait I can remember is when I 1st moved to Tennessee and hooked up with a real quack. I got very, very sick about Thanksgiving time, found out it was double pneumonia, and was hospitalized. This doctor walked in the door to see me. He looked at me from across the room and announced, "You need to stay in hospital until Monday." Then he left. On Monday he discharged me with instructions that I was to come to his office to be rechecked in a week. A week later I still felt pretty bad and worn out, but I had the appointment, so my husband took me. Even though there were few people in the waiting room, we ended up waiting 4 hours to get called in. We weren't put in an exam room; instead they stuck us in some room where they must do minor surgeries or something, because all that was in it was a bed. We waited another long period of time, but by then I was so exhausted that I could hard stay sitting up much less tell time. They never even closed the door while we were sitting there. Finally the doctor breezed in. He looked from my husband to me and asked, "Who is patient here?" I told him I was. He said, "Oh yes, in the hospital." He stared at me a minute and said, "You look fine," and rushed back out the door. The bill for that visit was $280. Shortly thereafter we found another doctor.

the longest I have ever waited in the Dr office is about 45 mins. Usually my doctor and my daughters doctors get us right in and out. There have been times when they have had to take a patient due to breathing problems that were severe.

2 hours for a specialist last year. I mean, if you HAVE an appointment, they should be close to on time. I should bill THEM for their tardiness!

2 hours because it was an emergency call.

are you kidding me!?!? this is the worst topic because i hateeeeeeeeee going to doctors offices for that sole reasonn.. i have waited i think the most 3 hours before i walked out cuz im an impacient person and i cant stand to wait on sumthing that isnt going to take very long in the first place omg i hate going to the doctors i wish i had my personal doctor for me so i would no longer have to wait lol

I once had an appointement at 11 a.m. and went into the doctor's office at 2:45 p.m. Since I always get there a bit in advance, in this case i'd been there since 10:30 a.m. I waited 4:15 hours. I was getting really impatient and fed up, but had no choice to stay, it was for a work related injury follow up.

I wait FOREVER at the OB office. Its insane. I love my OB but I hate the wait. The longest was a 1:00 appointment that I waited until 5:30 to see someone and then didn't even see my doctor but his partner.

I would say about 2 hours. Now going to the er is a whole differn't story. I live in a small town. I took my daughter there a couple of weeks ago and you could throw a brick in there and it wouldn't hit anything but we were there for 3 hours. but the longest time in the er was about 8 hours.

yes thats true it usually takes a lot of time waiting for your doctor and i used to read books will waiting coz if you dont busy yourself its really annoying. thats why i am used to go to the emergency whenever i have pain to make sure i'll be treated immediately rather than go to the doctors clinic for check-up but for follow-ups you dont have choice but to go to the clinic and it takes about three hours!

i had an appointment with my specialist at 11 am and he saw me at like 1.30 pm ( by the way i pay the specialist 180 dollars to see him, you would think that he would atleast see me at the time he said he would) in an emergency room i have waited like 6 hours once, my daughter sliced her foot open and blood everywhere, but we had to wait that long.

Ok, well the longest I have ever waited was actually in the ER... I got there at around 11pm... It was not busy at all! Then I waited until almost 4am!! You figured you're in the ER, they would see you a bit sooner... But apparently they forgot about me... I was a bit upset... But from what I have learned about Dr's offices and apts... It is always a good thing to bring some magazines or a book or some sort of puzzle... Crossword ect... That always makes time fly

The longest I have had to wait at a docotrs is around about an hour or something. My doctors is not too bad for waiting times though.

usually when i need to go to my family doctor, i wait for an afternoon....:-(. But i'm lucky ..because my sister is a doctor, so i always ask her if i have problems