I don't think you're going to get any kind of worthy sampling here, any one person's experience out of 30,000,000 (in Canada) or 300,000,000 (in the USA) isn't going to really say anything.

But, since Tatty's interested... 3 months ago my thumb swelled up and was infected. I waited like a week before being like fuck, I gotta go to the doctor. So, I called him about 11:30am to make an appointment. The appointment was set for that afternoon. I remember being ticked because I was stuck having to work at the office and had wanted it later in the day so that I could finish work, go to the doctor and go home. But, I ended up doing that anyway and used it as an excuse to knock off early. I was in and out of the doctor's office in 30 minutes. He cleaned the infection and gave me a scrip for anti-biotics.

That's about par for the course.

In the other thread I linked to an article that talks about some towns in Canada holding lotteries to see who gets a doctor's appointment. That sounds so frickin' weird to me. I can't imagine. It sounds like something they would have to do in a 3rd world country. But, maybe it's just something they do for like check-ups, non-necessary, but very helpful, care?