To measure waiting time delays of patients and to evaluate if the waiting time before the first physician contact is inversely correlated to the illness severity. During the period of 26/02/2007 through 3/03/2007, we prospectively studied the waiting times before the first contact with a physician (WTP) and the length of stay (LS) in 473 patients (0.8% of the annual patient volume) evaluated in our emergency department, which has a physician triage model. The WTP was correlated to a severity score "Clinical Classification of Patients in Emergency (CCPE)". The median WTP was: 48 (22-79) min. (minutes) (median, P25, P75). This time was 33 (14-47), 16 (3-28) and 3 (0-3) min. for patients having a CCPE score of 3, 4 and 5. The median LS was 119 (76-186) min. In conclusion, the waiting times are comparable to those measured in similar studies. The waiting time evaluated according to CCPE is adequate.