Well, to summarize...

3:00 - I get a call from my mom's coworker to tell me that she was dizzy and needed to go to the medical center to get it checked. I went to her office, then the medical center from there.
4:00 - My mom was already at the medical center when her coworker had called me, so it had been an hour or so wait until a doctor finally showed up. The symptoms weren't that serious, but my mom was worried it was a stroke, especially since she must take blood thinners.
4:10 - Yes, it took all of 10 minutes to determine my mom needed a CAT scan, which they lacked the ability to perform in their building, and sent us to the nearby hospital's emergency room.
4:40 - After transportation and a bit of wait time, we were placed in a triage room, waiting for a bed in the actual emergency room to become available. Someone takes a 9-point ECG reading during this wait.
5:10? - It seemed like that long had passed until we actually got into the emergency room. If it was a stroke, my mom would have probably been dead by now.
5:30 - Gee, about time they sent a nurse to actually hook up the monitors.
5:45 - After yet MORE waiting, we finally get a doctor in. The doctor repeats basically the same inconclusive tests the one at the previous medical center did.
6:10 - Finally, my mom is wheeled off to get the CAT scan done. The scan takes all of 15 minutes. Of course, it had been over 3 hours since we started the whole process.
7:15 - After a long period of hearing nothing, a guy comes by and announces it's time for my mom's CAT scan. Of course, we had already done a CAT scan.
7:17 - Yep, he misheard the bed number, and went two beds over to the correct one.
8:10 - Finally, the doctor is able to tell us that it wasn't a stroke. Yes, this is now over 5 hours from when we started. We're still waiting as he called the medical center to try and coordinate what they will do.
8:30 - The doctor comes back. We get a perscription for an antihistamine to help with my mom's balance, and an appointment has been made for Monday morning with the medical center. We are finally able to leave the hospital, get the perscription filled at the supermarket, and go home.

And it only took 5 and a half hours to figure out it was an inner ear inflammation.