SQL query - Join that returns the first two records of joining table

Question

I have two tables:

Patient

• pkPatientId
• FirstName
• Surname

PatientStatus

• pk

Answer 1

Adding this WHERE clause to the outer query of Tomalak's first solution will prevent Patients with less than 2 status records from being returned. You can also "and" it in the WHERE clause of the second query for the same results.

WHERE pkPatientId IN (
    SELECT pkPatientID 
    FROM Patient JOIN PatientStatus ON pkPatientId = fkPatientId
    GROUP BY pkPatientID HAVING Count(*) >= 2
)