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The purpose of this study was to examine patient characteristics of those who did not show up for their scheduled first pain medicine appointment in order to identify factors that may improve access to care.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This was a retrospective analysis of 810 patients from a single\u2010center academic pain management clinic between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall no\u2010show rate was 57%. There was a mean of 133 days (4.3 months) from scheduling to the appointment date. Patients age\u2009\u2264\u200930\u2009years had the highest no\u2010show rate (69%), and those \u226581\u2009years had the lowest (49%). Hispanic and Caucasian patients had similar no\u2010show rates (59% and 57%, respectively) and Asian patients had lower rate (41%). Referral from another specialty had a significantly lower no\u2010show rate (36% vs. 89%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). The presence of referral (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) was a significant predictor of lower no\u2010show rates. Of the 191 patients with low back pain, internal medicine (38.7%) was the most referring specialty.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>High no\u2010show rates were present particularly among younger patients. 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