The figures are shown in the table.
Median waiting time (weeks) June 1993 March 1997 March 2007 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly district health authority England Cornwall and Isles of Scilly district health authority England Cornwall and Isles of Scilly district health authority England All specialties 16.8 15.9 12.9 13.2 7.0 6.2 General surgery 15.0 15.3 10.6 13.1 7.2 6.0 Urology 16.6 13.0 11.4 11.5 6.1 5.1 Trauma and orthopaedics 16.5 19.2 13.5 17.6 7.4 8.2 Ear, nose and throat 19.4 16.9 15.0 14.1 8.2 6.6 Ophthalmology 19.7 18.8 17.7 16.1 7.2 5.3 Oral surgery 14.9 18.0 12.3 13.6 7.4 7.0 Neurosurgery n/a 15.0 n/a 14.7 8.9 6.9 Plastic surgery 21.8 20.6 14.7 16.7 9.4 6.8 Cardiothoracic surgery n/a 16.7 13.3 17.6 n/a 5.0 Gastroenterology n/a 8.7 9.8 7.9 n/a 2.8 Cardiology n/a 11.8 14.6 12.5 4.6 4.7 Dermatology n/a 9.8 n/a 9.9 5.2 4.7 Gynaecology 15.7 12.2 13.0 10.9 7.2 5.9 Notes: 1. Data for Cornwall not available prior to June 1993. Figures for Cornwall shown for the organisation in existence at the time. 2. Specialties where the total number waiting is less than 100 are marked as n/a because this number is too small for a statistically meaningful median to be calculated. Only specialties recorded by Cornwall included in the table. Source: Department of Health, QF01