# Bristol and First Medical Clinic, Santa Ana: an urgent care center in Santa Ana (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/santa-ana/bristol-and-first-medical-clinic-santa-ana-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 17 sources. Updated 2026-08-11. Owner review: not yet. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/santa-ana/bristol-and-first-medical-clinic-santa-ana-ca ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsp70rdt02dxyepdlcppn28i%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsp70rdt02dxyepdlcppn28i%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmsp70rdt02dxyepdlcppn28i%2F2.jpg) ## In short Bristol and First Medical Clinic is an urgent care center in Santa Ana, CA. Its AI Score is 40 of 100, which is poor. Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Urgent care center | | Address | 1332 W 1st St, Santa Ana, CA 92703, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sun 8 AM to 9 PM | | Phone | (714) 542-2397 | | Medical director | Nothing found | | Rating | 3.2 across 45 reviews on Google | | Known for | Bristol and First Medical Clinic is best known for its urgent care services in Santa Ana, particularly for quick medical interventions. However, patient experiences can be inconsistent, with some highlighting issues in service quality. | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Saturday | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | September 18, 2026, 4:33 PM | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 1332 W 1st St, Santa Ana, CA 92703, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Location info | Description | The Bristol & First Clinic & Urgent Care is a long-standing fixture in the region and consists of the most experienced providers of urgent medical care in the nation. Our clinic was first established in 1963 and eventually expanded to three offices serving numerous communities in Southern California. We are composed of a versatile, experienced, and dexterous team who handle urgent medical situations with the utmost composure. Our success in delivering results-driven urgent care covers fields such as pediatrics, exams, vaccinations, family medicine, and emergency medical assistance. We are also certified by the Department of Homeland Security in delivering comprehensive physical exams for immigration purposes. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Location info | Name | Bristol and First Medical Clinic | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (714) 542-2397 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Services | Service | Cardiology | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Dna testing | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Emergency medical assistance | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Exams | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Family medicine | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Flu shot | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Immigration physical | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Iv drip | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Minor surgery | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Pediatrics | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Physical exam | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Pink eye | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Sore throat | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Spider bites | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Sports injuries | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Travel vaccinations | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Tuberculosis test | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Urinary tract infection | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Services | Service | Vaccinations | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 18, 2026 | | Links | Website | http://firstandbristolmedical.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | ## Services and prices These are the 15 services Bristol and First offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Urinary tract infection | | | | Confirmed | | Tuberculosis test | | | | Confirmed | | Flu shot | | | | Confirmed | | Immigration physical | | | | Confirmed | | Iv drip | | | | Confirmed | | Minor surgery | | | | Confirmed | | Physical exam | | | | Confirmed | | Pink eye | | | | Confirmed | | Sore throat | | | | Confirmed | | Spider bites | | | | Confirmed | | Sports injuries | | | | Confirmed | | Travel vaccinations | | | | Confirmed | | Cardiology | | | | Confirmed | | Vaccinations | | | | Confirmed | | Dna testing | | | | Confirmed | ### Known for Bristol and First Medical Clinic is best known for its urgent care services in Santa Ana, particularly for quick medical interventions. However, patient experiences can be inconsistent, with some highlighting issues in service quality. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting Bristol and First Address: 1332 W 1st St, Santa Ana, CA 92703, USA. Phone: (714) 542-2397. Hours: Mon to Sun 8 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 11, 2026 at 2:49 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by Bristol and First on its Google Business Profile: "The Bristol & First Clinic & Urgent Care is a long-standing fixture in the region and consists of the most experienced providers of urgent medical care in the nation. Our clinic was first established in 1963 and eventually expanded to three offices serving numerous communities in Southern California. We are composed of a versatile, experienced, and dexterous team who handle urgent medical situations with the utmost composure. Our success in delivering results-driven urgent care covers fields such as pediatrics, exams, vaccinations, family medicine, and emergency medical assistance. We are also certified by the Department of Homeland Security in delivering comprehensive physical exams for immigration purposes." ### When to go Quietest day: Saturday. Busiest day: Sunday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Big K's Burgers | Hamburger restaurant | 1 min walk | | Jugos Vallarta | Juice shop | 1 min walk | | 1412 W 1st St Parking | Parking lot | 1 min walk | | El Toro Carniceria | Butcher shop | 1 min walk | | Lonchera (Los Corrales) | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk | | 1st-Bristol | Bus stop | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 3.2 average across 45 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 11, 2026.) The clinic is marked by a divide between effective treatment experiences and serious complaints about staff professionalism and care quality. (AI guess, from 45 reviews.) ### What people like - Clean and organized clinic - Professional doctors and assistants - Effective treatment for children's stomach issues ### What people do not like - Misdiagnoses leading to repeat visits - Rude and unprofessional staff - High prices for medications and services ### Press No press story about Bristol and First found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Listed on 4 of the 39 directories we checked. | Directory | Listed | | --- | --- | | Alignable | Not listed | | Angi | Not listed | | Apple Maps | Listed | | BBB | Not listed | | Birdeye | Not listed | | Booksy | Not listed | | Brownbook | Not listed | | Chamber of Commerce | Not listed | | Cylex | Not listed | | DexKnows | Not listed | | Facebook | Listed | | Foursquare | Not listed | | Fresha | Not listed | | Groupon | Not listed | | Healthgrades | Not listed | | Hotfrog | Not listed | | Houzz | Not listed | | Manta | Not listed | | MapQuest | Listed | | MD.com | Not listed | | MerchantCircle | Not listed | | Nextdoor | Not listed | | NPI No. | Not listed | | Porch | Not listed | | Psychology Today | Not listed | | RateMDs | Not listed | | RealSelf | Not listed | | Sharecare | Not listed | | Superpages | Not listed | | Thumbtack | Not listed | | Trustpilot | Not listed | | Tupalo | Not listed | | Vagaro | Not listed | | Vitals | Not listed | | WebMD | Listed | | Wellness.com | Not listed | | Yellowbook | Not listed | | Yellow Pages | Not listed | | Zocdoc | Not listed | ## Recent updates from Bristol and First Bristol and First hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### where does this place post updates No answer yet ### real doctors here, or is it beauticians No answer yet ### what is actually on the menu here? No answer yet ### prices round here, anyone got a number No answer yet ### Worth the hype at Bristol and First? No answer yet ### Are the hours on Google right for Bristol and First in Santa Ana? No answer yet ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? No answer yet ### picking between the two, is Urgent Care the safer bet? No answer yet ### topical numbing, standard or extra No answer yet ### when is this place actually dead? No answer yet ### Booking here, how does it work? No answer yet ### do regulars get anything here No answer yet ### anything I should sort out before a consult at Bristol and First? No answer yet ### killing time on 1st, any ideas No answer yet ### best urgent care center in Santa Ana No answer yet ### Somewhere to park near Bristol and First? No answer yet ### genuinely, what is good about this one No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about Bristol and First We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Bristol and First. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 40 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Urgent care centers on the registry run 19 to 74. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Bristol and First scores 40. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Bristol and First | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Fair | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 0 of 16 answers that recommended anyone. 6 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 53 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Fair | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 53 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 84 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 61 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 57 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about an urgent care center When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google for a med spa, the AI does not visit each business. It reads what is already written about it: the business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp and RealSelf, news stories, licensing boards and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That is why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it is not, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that says "the nurse did half a syringe in my lips and it looks natural" is far more useful to an AI than one that says "great place." ## How to choose an urgent care center in California, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and matter more than any rating. This is general information, not medical advice. - Look up every injector. Doctors are listed by the California medical board, and nurses and nurse practitioners by its nursing board. Both lookups are free. - Ask who does the injections, and check that person's license. - Ask for the price per unit of Botox and per syringe of filler, not per area. - Read reviews that name a provider and a treatment. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Ask whether they dissolve filler and when they would tell you not to add more. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Bristol and First if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Bristol and First | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Bristol and First Medical Clinic | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://firstandbristolmedical.com/ | Subject of this page | | Santa Ana, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City Bristol and First is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the urgent care centers in Santa Ana, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best urgent care centers in Santa Ana: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-ana/urgent-care-center - Best businesses in Santa Ana: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-ana ### Nearby - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own Bristol and First Medical Clinic. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJuyCDKVbY3IARs-r-oeuFrBI (accessed Aug 11, 2026) - [2] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/cardiology/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [3] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/dna-testing/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [4] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/sports-injuries/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [5] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/travel-vaccinations/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [6] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/tuberculosis-test/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [7] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/urinary-tract-infection/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [8] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/vaccinations/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [9] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/flu-shot/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [10] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/immigration-physical/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [11] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/iv-drip/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [12] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/minor-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [13] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/physical-exam/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [14] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/pink-eye/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [15] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/sore-throat/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [16] firstandbristolmedical.com, https://firstandbristolmedical.com/spider-bites/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [17] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 18, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)