Yes, but I do send many of them to the staff so that they can be making arrangements before the patient gets to the front desk, e.g. scheduling CTs, referrals, etc.
Leslie Hospital Employed Physician Who Misses The Old AC
"It's a good thing for a doctor to have prematurely grey hair and itching piles. It makes him appear to know more than he does and gives him an expression of concern which the patient interprets as being on his behalf. "