The postoperative care and rehabilitation have strained relations between the doctors and Mr. Hallam, who travels frequently and skips appointments.

He skipped appointments so he could greet Mariah when she came home from school.

It was the judge who later warned him to change his medicine when he started skipping appointments, complaining of stomach cramps.

Seven years later, Maine Medical Center is doing just that, after discovering that a number of Muslim women were skipping appointments rather than expose their skin to a doctor.

The speech therapist assigned to help the child often skips appointments.

As a result, Horn says, way too many parolees return to prison for what he calls "housekeeping" violations, like skipping appointments with their officers.

Iraqis began skipping appointments, losing keys to locked doors, protesting against taking this picture or that, pushing surveillance so tight it risks accidents.

She was always late or skipping appointments.

But this business of skipping appointments was unacceptable.

They disregard paperwork or wait until they are seriously ill to apply; others skip appointments, tests and medications.