Circuit Basher,
I suspect that I use the same AME as you and I am waiting to hear from the receptionist for a medical before mid March. I think that the AME is away and not due back until early March.
He probably is popular because he does a good job and, being a PPL himself, he doesn't charge the earth for it. I had a slight problem last year and he was very helpful.
I get the impression that, as a busy GP, he only devotes a few days a month to AME work but I could be wrong.
p1