I had the same problem when I was first referred to a specialist. My solution was to call all over the state until I found some where I could get in sooner. Then after a while asked for a referral to a specialist closer to home.

Agree, get what you can from the GP but also call in regularly to the specialist to find out if there's been a cancellation.

thank you we are meeting with her gp tomorrow

I live in Ruidoso Nm and my RA Dr is at the Albuquerque center for rhematolgy and I had a six month wait to get started

I was diagnosed by my gp. He immediately put me on steroids to help until I could get into the rheumy. I would ask the gp to help her out until she can see a rheumy. I would also look and see if there's another rheumy she can see earlier. There's no reason she has to wait almost 6 months. That's outrageous!