Longer wait times for physician appointments in metropolitan areas indicate that demand for physicians is exceeding supply. The time it takes for patients to schedule a new physician appointment in 15 ...

In 2004, the physician search firm Merritt Hawkins first issued their Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times. That year, the national average wait to get in to see a new physician was 21 days, an ...

The average wait time for the third next available appointment across 11 medical specialties in 23 U.S. metro areas is 38 days, starkly contrasting with the traditional 14-day benchmark. The finding ...

August 8, 2022; Washington, D.C. - Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! has launched a stand-up comedy tour! This fall, NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program will be traveling to ten cities across the U.S. for ...

Despite widespread attention and funding to address the Veterans Affairs Department's failures to present accurate data on how long patients wait for medical appointments, a new audit found the agency ...

The National Public Radio show “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me” chose Philadelphia as the place to return to live audiences after more than 16 months of recording virtually over Zoom. About 6,000 people ...

Travelers at some major airport hubs faced hours-long TSA security checkpoint wait times over the weekend. The TSA is facing a staffing shortage as the partial government shutdown tied to DHS funding ...