Receptionists and information clerks answer telephones, direct calls and give out information regarding the organization for which they work.
Nextel's phones include a feature it calls Direct Connect, which lets users push a button, like the CB radios of the '70s, and talk instantly walkie-talkie style with selected users who have similar phones.
Vice President Al Gore has come under intense criticism in recent days for making direct fund-raising calls from his White House office.
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Unison said that once calls are transferred to the NHS Direct Wales queue they effectively take priority over other calls waiting for a call back.
BBC: NHS Direct Wales 'turned off' for 999 calls, Unison claims
Also, a higher proportion of calls to NHS Direct were about flu.
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Their evolving list of demands, hammered out in days and nights of sweaty argument, includes calls for higher direct taxes for the rich, lower VAT for everyone, more hospital beds, free nursery-school, rent control and cheap home-building enforced by the state.
He said during the month's audit, NHS Direct handled over 1, 000 calls from patients covered by the out-of-hours service, 500 of which had been given advice to care for their symptoms at home.
The new 111 non-emergency telephone advice line is expected to replace NHS Direct in dealing with non-emergency calls in June.
Operators answering calls to the existing NHS Direct service do not have the capacity to request ambulances or book appointments - and patients also receive a separate call back if they need to speak to a nurse or doctor.
At busy times, the union claims, that can mean callers to NHS Direct Wales having to wait longer for their calls to be answered.
BBC: NHS Direct Wales 'turned off' for 999 calls, Unison claims
Since its launch last April, NHS Direct has taken more than 800, 000 calls and is expected to reach a million by the end of the year.
He started answering calls under contracts for such customers as direct marketer Herbalife.
This will allow you to make calls from your stateroom, on a direct dial basis, for two dollars a minute.
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And al-Maliki, who is a member of the Dawa Party, which is a very religious organization, it calls for the Shia religious leadership to direct the government.
Mr Pacey said Shop Direct call centres had seen a 55% decrease in calls, while there had been a "rapid increase" in mobile and self-service transactions.
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But nurses working for NHS Direct Wales also deal with non life-threatening Category C calls to the ambulance service - such as minor injuries or colds and flu symptoms - which ambulances have a target to reach within 30 minutes.
BBC: NHS Direct Wales 'turned off' for 999 calls, Unison claims
Africa loses more through what it calls "illicit outflows" than it gets in aid and foreign direct investment, it explains.
Instead, the letter calls for a new approach to climate and energy policy centered on direct public investment on clean energy technology.
Because consumers won't experience direct benefits, it is important that carriers make sure customers don't have dropped calls or service interruptions during the transition.
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Critics claimed the decision to scrap NHS Direct would undermine the quality of the service by reducing the number of qualified nurses answering calls.
Some entrepreneurs need a local community that includes coffee, handshakes and direct interaction, while others are more comfortable with an online group, video chats and roundtable calls.
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Stacey Widlitz, a retail analyst at Pali Research, calls RadioShack's vital wireless business "a disaster, " given the rough competition of direct sellers.
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From colored lighting and ambient music to digital art (on your TV), temperature, window blinds and specially designed mood-enhanced wake-up calls (like "wake me gently" or "wake me wildly"), you can direct the room's whole look and feel, all without having to get out of bed.
Another calls for legal aid to be administered by an independent director - preventing the justice secretary from taking direct control of the legal aid budget, which would allow him to block funding for particular kinds of action, such as clinical negligence, welfare claims or miscarriages of justice against the police.
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