Yes, get on those waiting lists. People cancel sometimes and you can get bumped up. This happened to me at Stanford, I got a call to fill a cancellation, but it was too short notice. It also helps to call to check for cancellations. If you like the work Stanford is doing, get on their waiting list too. I believe the Stanford CFS clinic does do phone consults, my last followup was on the phone. Stanford told me the wait would be a year, but I had a consultation within six months. Because of the nature of our illness it can take months to feel any positive results from a course of treatment, so appointments tend to be at six month intervals at Stanford.