Try to find a doctor when you really feel bad and need immediate attention. Our local doctor has an average three hour waiting time if you’re lucky enough to get an appointment. Newton Urgent Care to the rescue. My wife had a fever of 101 degrees and had been coughing and taking chills all night. I took her to Newton Urgent Care and they saw her within 20 minutes. The first 15 minutes were spent filling out the usual patient and billing info. The nurse took her vital signs: blood pressure, temperature and pulse rate, and she asked a lot of medical history questions. There was a 5 minute wait for the doctor. The doctor, a pleasant fellow, listened to my wife’s lungs and determined her malady to be bronchitis. A prescription for an antibiotic was written and we were out of there. The entire visit was 40 minutes. We aren’t looking forward to getting sick any time soon, but we know where we’ll be going if/when we do. It was a good experience in a time of need.