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Injury Unit, which only had 231 patients in January, but was able to see 230 of them within four hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health Boards are regional organisations that control all NHS operations in different regions of Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the seven Welsh Health Boards, the Cardiff &amp; Vale Health Board had the fourth lowest waiting times overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Powys Teaching Health Board, that covers the whole region of Powys, was able to see every one of their patients within four hours, but they had under 500 patients last month, which is tiny compared to Cardiff &amp; Vale\u2019s 7,558.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/5339176\/embed#?secret=TBjwgqVWKR\" data-secret=\"TBjwgqVWKR\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"575\" width=\"700\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" 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