Paramedics say the problems are causing patients severe harm.
More than 10,000 ambulances a week are caught in queues of at least an hour outside accident-and-emergency units in England, a BBC News analysis shows.
In Cornwall, patients facing emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes are now waiting more than two hours on average for an ambulance. The target is 18 minutes. College chief executive Tracy Nicholls said: "We all know patients are coming to harm and in some cases severe harm." Marianna Flint's 85-year-old mother, Koulla, is just one of thousands of patients a day caught up in the problems.
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