That's just bizarre. Our family doc's schedule is booked up well in advance -- they don't need to play games to get their waiting room full. I called last week and asked for 2 prescriptions to be renewed that had gone beyond their final refill date, not really a "new" Rx but had to be called in again. I explained that I'd continued taking one of them this whole time, just had to work my way through a backlog (autoship isn't always your friend); the other I'd been able to stop for the past 6 months (with his knowledge) but found I needed again now (and, like, NOW). 3 days later I had my meds from the mail order pharmacy. That's the way it should work!