Hundreds of people seeking a family physician waited hours in line Saturday morning at a health clinic in Ottawa's west end.

The Active Care clinic in Kanata put out a call for new patients and said it could register 400 to 600 people, with many assigned a physician assistant (PA), according to a medical secretary at the clinic.

"We've been without a family doctor about five years and it's like a golden ticket people are walking out with today. So we're lining up for one," said Alison Boughey, who waited in line for almost four hours.

Boughey explained she was left without a primary care provider in Ottawa after her family doctor moved to Trenton, Ont., a few hours away.

It was a story that came up several times among others in line who'd struggled to find a family physician in the cit

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