Short Version: I strongly recommend going to an office which respects your time if you have a choice, because this office makes it plain that they couldn't care less about your time or preventing the spread of illness.
My two year old and I have visited five times in a three month period. First, we went in for a routine flu shot and waited over an hour to see the nurse. Then we were back again because the office does not have separate sick and well areas, and my son came down with roseola a few days after his visit for the shot (he's not around other kids much).
Again we waited over an hour, but I understand that in the case of a sick visit. When I tried to help the doctor control my sons hands as he was grabbing for the doctor's pen, stethoscope, etc, the doctor told me "I don't need your help."
After two more trips to get the second flu shot and yet another sick visit after picking up something else in the waiting room, we went in for my son's two year visit which was scheduled a month in advance.
After waiting in the play area with a child who was vomiting into a trash can (so much for scheduling sick visits at different timers of day than the well visits...), we were called back to the exam room after 45 minutes of waiting. We never saw the doctor because we waited another 30 minutes in the exam room before I decided to leave. The nurse who showed us to the exam room said "bye!" cheerfully, not having noticed that we had not been seen by the doctor.
The woman at the checkout desk did not seem at all surprised that we were leaving or that we had been waiting so long for a scheduled well visit. And once again, we are both sick with colds about three days later! read more