1.   And while Customs officials admit the added inspections mean longer waits for cargo trucks at the border, they say it is worth it.

2.   For foreign journalists, approval by the presidential administration to visit the farm can mean a wait of up to nine months.

3.   For patients, it can mean longer waits, shorter stays in the hospital and more costly care.

4.   In fact, one option is to wait for the reconstruction of the site to start, meaning a wait of at least a couple of years.

5.   That could mean long waits.

6.   Traditionally in emergency rooms minor injuries mean long waits.

7.   Mobile phones are popular in China, where public phones are scarce and having a private line installed can mean a wait of months or years.

8.   They mean long waits at frontier posts for international civil servants who work for such Geneva-based bodies as the World Health Organization but commute from France.