People now want to check Twitter or check in to Foursquare in places other than waiting areas, says Vos.
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All too often, these waiting areas have vending machines that are filled with high-calorie foods and drinks such as chocolate bars, crisps and sugary drinks.
It was sleek and modern, with recessed lighting, classical music piped into the waiting areas, and nurses moving from patient to patient behind rolling black computer pods.
That detail has prompted shrugs among devoted smokers, many of whom have long since learned to ignore the no-smoking signs in hospital waiting areas, gymnasium locker rooms and elevators.
Whenever I visit hospitals, I am always struck by how the efforts of the dedicated healthcare professionals who work in them are being undermined by what is happening in the waiting areas.
"Future home of Moynihan Station" reads a billboard that has sat for years on the main entrance staircase, heralding long-stagnant promises for a massive Amtrak main terminal, with ticketing and waiting areas, plus retail shops.
It is appalling that people may go blind because the treatment is only available in certain areas and in other areas waiting lists are too long.
Audit Scotland also said key areas of waiting time systems were inadequate.
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Not surprisingly, certain areas have shorter waiting lists than others.
He said managers had been forced to spend available cash on cutting waiting lists - rather than in areas in which they wanted to invest.
Mrs Hutt also wants to discharge patients more quickly and is calling on health trusts to set up prioritisation systems in the five health areas with the longest waiting times.
Mrs Hutt also urged for patients to be discharged more quickly and called on health trusts to set up prioritisation systems in the five health areas with the longest waiting times.
Consumer Focus welcomed the move by Ofcom, but said that in some remote areas people were still waiting for broadband to reach them, and the emphasis needed to be on government plans for everywhere in the UK to have faster broadband by 2015.
Opposition spokesman Lord Hunt of Kings Heath challenged the government to explain how ministers would be able to intervene in the service under the new system, arguing that such interventions were often justified in areas such as keeping down waiting times.
It has used its field hospitals to take medical services to remote areas and help the national health service cut waiting lists.
The lab agents were waiting for Mr. Cotterman to provide passwords to access other areas of his hard drives.
But the impression that this is a party still in recovery rather than an alternative government in waiting was emphasised by a fuzziness over policy in many key areas from education and health to transport and defence.
And immediately thousands from Najaf and surrounding areas flocked to the street outside Sistani's office waiting for guidance.
In theory, at least, that latter chunk would go specifically to rural and underserved areas, but having one goal with two masters just seems like trouble waiting to happen.
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In some areas of Croatia, houses held by the special property agency stand empty, waiting for decisions to be taken.
Suddenly, common areas become overwhelmed with impatient commuters packed into dim, low-ceilinged spaces, waiting and waiting.
As a result, players can access our games from areas of poor financial infrastructure, or can play exciting high stakes games quickly without waiting for a bank wire transfer to be processed.
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But workers still were waiting for winds to die down so they could dispatch helicopter crews to assess damage to transmission lines and some areas remained flooded.
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