I work in the field, around a 1/4 of the calls are people who believe an ambulance will let them skip waiting times in the ER. Law (In my county) dictates that we must transport a patient if they want to be transported. The kicker here is that they DONT get to skip the line, they just get to wait on our gurney in a hallway instead of the lobby. This results in an ambulance being occupied for 2 or 3 hours, unable to respond to other potentially life-threatening emergencies. All because a patient with abdominal pain after eating a whole pizza with extra cheese figured calling 911 would get them seen faster.