"Can you be here in 20 minutes?" asked the caller after having identified herself. I lived 3 miles away so I said yes.
The rest is history.
Unless I'm mistaken you either have to know someone...or be lucky...in some states. Like mine. Other states are well governed and luck isn't required.
Know someone or luck out with stand by appts. Or some have no issue at all getting it.
Son in law and his fam are all diabetics, from childhood, and can’t get an appt. Yet here I could, in NJ, with no medical issues, because I knew someone who signed me up when appts were released last Wednesday and appt was this past Monday. I work in education and our appts aren’t opened until next week. It’s all about who you know in NJ.