I’m in Florida. I’m too young to get it now, but most people I know who have been vaccinated here had trouble getting an appointment, they had to log in online and get lucky, but then the appointments were within a week if I remember correctly. The only exception was one county near me you registered and then they contact you, and that county it took weeks for people to get the appointment, and many people are still waiting.
Parts of Florida also had first come first serve lines and people lined up either the night before, or some locations very early in the morning.
It was getting much better in Florida a few weeks into the process and then the vaccine shortage became a big problem.
My parents live in Maryland, but that doesn’t really matter, because they were vaccinated at Bethesda Naval/Walter Reed. They were contacted via patient portal about 2 weeks after the Pfizer was approved that they are listed for the vaccine. They didn’t have to do anything. A few weeks later they received a robocall they could get vaccinated the next day, just show up between 8–4. Something like that. They waltzed in at 10:00, barely a line, all very simple. A week ago they received information that my mom, she’s the dependent, may not get her second shot on time. She very upset she did the vaccine without any guarantee of when she can get the second dose.
I know a friend of mine in Michigan has been trying online to get her parents appointments and it seems it is very frustrating in that state too.