Thanks very much for the advice. I'm going to be bookmarking this thread and keeping all replies in mind as I go through the process. Right now, I'm starting with looking at the providers list and trying to find an available doctor. The first two weren't accepting new patients, and the third was someone different than the name listed on the BCBS website - super friendly, but a therapist, not an MD.

That leaves me with a long list of names at the local hospital, which has family clinics and things like that. It's a really good hospital, so I think most local doctors tend to want to work there? But Sareitha said not to go that route...

(Unfortunately, I don't really know anyone I can ask for a referral because all my friends in town are uni students and would simply go to the uni clinic.)