Fact Based List:

Mean Emergency Department Wait Time to See a Provider: United States, 2003–2009

  1. 2003 - 46.5 minutes
  2. 2004 - 47.5 minutes
  3. 2005 - 56.1 minutes
  4. 2006 - 55.8 minutes
  5. 2007 - 57.2 minutes
  6. 2008 - 56.7 minutes
  7. 2009 - 58.1 minutes

Source: NCHS Data Brief, Number 102, August 2012, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Source URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db102.htm