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I think it needs to be qualified. Wait time for what? To sign in? To have your vitals taken? To be asked for your credit card info? To see the triage nurse? To be taken back for test? To get your results? What I saw after sitting there for 8 hours was person after person leaving because they were tried of waiting. The nurse at the desk just took their IVs out and never bothered to record that they left. One would think that this information would be important to hospital administration to keep track of when and why patients left without being seen.