Staggering figures show nearly 38,000 people had to wait more than 12 hours in A&E last month.
Out of a total of 2,166,710 people who are forced to go to emergency departments across the nation in November, about two per cent were left waiting half a day to be treated.
Recent NHS figures showed 37,837 of those heading to A&E had a mammoth wait before being seen - but the situation is improving.
In October, 43,792 people had to wait for more than 12 hours at their A&E. Meaning there were just under 6,000 fewer people with the lengthy wait.
In September, it was just 32,776 people who faced the long wait, while in August it was 28,756.
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PA)Figures revealed out of more than two million visitors to Accident & Emergency departments across the country in November, only 68.9 per cent were admitted within four hours.
It's a slight decrease from October's rate of 69.3 per cent and September's rate of 71 per cent.
However, statistics show the percentage being seen quicker is dropping year on year.
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Getty Images)Last year, during the same month, 74.1 per cent of patients were admitted within four hours, while in November 2020 it was 83.8 per cent - just under a five per cent drop.
November 2019 figures showed the rate for a four-hour or under wait to be admitted was 81.4 per cent.
The figures come a week before nurses are set to strike after a decade of under-inflation pay.
Earlier this week, South East England nurse Rachel detailed the extraordinary pressure nurses and NHS staff are being placed under.
She detailed the long 16-hour days, as well as shifts assessing as many as 20 patients an hour, which are getting "busier and longer" and are taking a gruelling toll on workers' family lives.
