A guy I used to work with had a hernia. The med centre sent him to the local NHS hospital to get it sorted, the hospital kept postponing his appointments and giving him the runaround. When he did eventually get an appointment the doctor he saw admitted that the military take a low priority because if it doesn't get sorted, eventually the RAF will pay for it to be sorted privately.
This is a hospital in the north east of scotland and I don't know whether this is an NHS-wide thing or just them.
Nice to know that we matter so much isn't it.