List recent records(MVC) - asp.net-mvc

Question

I would like to create a model to list recent 5 appointments from appointment table(date,description,status fields).I have Patient and Appointment tables.Here is the code but I think some part missings
public ActionResult Recent(Models.AppModel User)
{
if (Session["UserEmail"] != null)
{
using (var db = new MaindbModelDataContext())
{
var patient = db.Patients.FirstOrDefault(u => u.Email ==(String)Session["UserEmail"]);
var list = (from m in db.Appointments
where m.PatientNo == patient.PatientNo && m.Date<Current.Date
select m.ToList());
}}
return View();}

Answer 1

I assume Current is DateTime.Now ?
Your filtering (m.Date<Current.Date) will select all items whose date is before this point in time. Not just recent items, but any item with a past date.
The question is, what is your criterium for 'recent'?
'recent' = The last 7 days
DateTime Current = DateTime.Now;
DateTime Past = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-7);
... m.Date < Current && m.Date > Past ...
'recent' = The last 20 items (regardless of how old they are)
DateTime Current = DateTime.Now;
db.Appointments.Where(m => m.Date < Current.Date)
.OrderByDescending(x => m.Date)
.Take(20)
.ToList();
If you have another criterium for what a 'recent' appointment is, please elaborate :)