Same Day Appointments.
Summer vacations are running rampant in the office so we are short staffed most of the time. My schedule has been blocked to accomodate same day appointments. So if you are having a tough time getting an appointment, try calling in the morning at 8 AM and they should be able to put you into the schedule. Sorry no physicals/check ups will be done for the next week until we are staffed a bit better.
Am in an HMO and have been calling right when the appointment desk opens for years. One problem with their appointments that we now have is that they have increased the amount of time the doctors can spend with patients thus less number of appointment times.