The number of people waiting more than four hours to be seen at A&E units in Wales has risen after the target was missed again.
Only 81% of patients were treated within that time at A&E in December. The target is 95%.
The Welsh government said it had the highest number of attendances per day for any December since 2009.
It has announced it will spend an extra £40m in this financial year to try to address pressures on A&E departments.
In total 76,889 people went to A&E in December, compared to 75,049 in December 2014.
The best-performing major incident A&E department was Bronglais in Aberystwyth, with 90.7% of people seen within four hours. The lowest figure was 65.6% at Wrexham's Maelor hospital.
Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething said: "These figures show eight out of 10 people who went to A&E were assessed, treated and then admitted or discharged in less than four hours during December."
He added: "I would like to thank everyone within the Welsh NHS for their unrelenting commitment to patient care during this difficult period.
"We have announced an extra £40m to help the NHS deal with winter pressures. This means we have invested a further quarter of a billion pounds in the Welsh NHS in 2014-15 to continue to deliver high-quality, sustainable health services."
England has the same 95% target as Wales but figures are published weekly during winter. Its latest data stood at 89.8%.
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