1.   Hospital waiting lists have grown to almost one million people awaiting treatment.

2.   Almost one million Afghan refugees live in dozens of camps in or near Peshawar in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan.

3.   Bell Atlantic fields almost one million directory-assistance requests a day.

4.   Businesses have donated almost one million fliers that volunteers are handing out and posting around town.

5.   Murphy, the chairman and chief executive of Capital Cities, is a substantial shareholder, owning almost one million shares.

6.   Sweeney comes from the Service Employees International Union, with almost one million members who for the most part are in lower-paying maintenance and janitorial jobs.

7.   Almost one million Jews lived in Hungary prior to World War II.

8.   Almost one million people remain displaced by fierce sectarian and separatist fighting that has killed thousands.

9.   AOL France is one of the biggest Internet service providers in France, with almost one million subscribers.