I figured out the huge delays at dr. Office

Sounds familiar ... dh says my Mum should get a hobby and I say going to the doctor is her hobby  

My doctor is part of a practice, but he insists that his own personal nurse or receptionist makes his appointments because they know the families that take longer and make their appointment slot lknger

Wow. I can't even get my doctor to address more than one issue per appointment. It chaps my hide too.
I have gone in for an appointment for my knee (arthritis it turns out) and had a UTI at the time. My jaw just about hit the freaking floor when she told me that I would have to make a separate appointment for that. REALLY?
I felt it was just a scam to squeeze out another office call. I unhappily went back out of the exam room and signed in for walk-in.

My doctor was happy to discuss my sore elbow at my physical, but my insurance company charged me two co-pays! I called to complain, but no luck, of course.

Dr Google is a strange animal.  

Well you know how dr's love people to tell them what they know they have from googling

Sounds like my EX at parent-teacher conference! I dreaded going in with him because he wanted to tell random cute stories about the kids, and the poor teacher had to politely listen. I was so embarrassed.

She would love our doctor. He allows 1 hour per patient. Literally. He comes to the waiting room to get you, he takes all of the vitals and information himself, and he even draws blood and completes urine analysis himself while you are there. In fact, he sends prescriptions in as he's talking to you and even makes your next appointment. The only thing I haven't seen him do is take payment. Not only that, you never have to wait in his waiting room more than 3 or 4 minutes unless you show up early. He even calls personally with all lab results.

And despite all of that - or maybe because of it - he says that his practice is at capacity and that he's not accepting new patients because it would compromise the standard of care that he wants to provide.

It's so nice to go to a doctor where you don't feel rushed and can discuss whatever needs to be.

My own doctor's office recently put up a sign that they will treat 3, I think although it may be 2, issues at one appointment.  If you have more than that number you have to schedule another appointment.  I get it, some people come in with a list of ailments.   I think one is ridiculous though.  How do you know if you have more than one sometimes, like if you have a cough and a headache.  If the doctor decides they aren't related issues do they only treat one?

 You must not have worked in the ER when at the hospital, because those things you mentioned people going to the dr for? Yeah, that happens in the ER every freakin' day. Sometimes I feel frisky and ask them "So tell me again what your emergency is?" But not often. I've done it (signing people in to the ER) for so long now that it's not fun anymore, I just want to get them signed in and not holding up my line.

No, though we did frequently check the ER list of names/reason for visit because we had to be kept aware of who came in for chest pain, so I've seen some real ridiculousness. I just didn't have to deal with that first-hand.

Wow! Usually my doctor asks if I need anything else.  I would have been really pissed!

Well, I wish I were fibbing you but I am not. And it's not only there! I get shots in my knees for arthritis, I see an orthopedic surgeon for this as an office call. For about a year I had a problem with my shoulder. I guess I injured it playing "Corn Hole" or bean bag toss one night when my son was in town for a visit. It hurt like the dickens for soooo long. Finally at one of my office visits for my knee shots I mentioned it to the doc. He also told me to make another appointment as he was only addressing my knees that day. WTHeck? Long story longer, lol, I didn't make another appt but the pain finally went away. But, yeah, one problem per visit. It is insane.