Table 1.

Patient characteristics (n = 322)

Characteristic	No. (%)
Male	247 (76.7)
Female	75 (23.3)
New referrals	201 (62.4)
Cancer	107 (33.2)
In-patient procedure	178 (53.3)
Delay noted in chart	54 (16.8)
Urgency code (1=most urgent)
1	11 (3.4)
2	145 (45.0)
3	110 (34.2)
4	46 (14.3)
5	10 (3.1)