no-wait

• Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Westchester, N.Y., has implemented what it calls a "no-wait" ER by letting its triage nurse start caring for the patient by ordering tests and moving the patient registration to the bedside via portable computers.

U.S. emergency rooms find ways to fix what ails them 2008

Look .... there's a train about to leave the station, oh no-wait for us they cried, "all aboard", the conductor shouted.

Polls: Obama up by 4 2008

Retail clinics have made convenience a key part of their sales pitch by offering walk-in, no-wait visits in places where people already shop.

How CEOs Can Help Fix Health Care Clayton Christensen 2009

First we were told that the tax targeted luxury "executive" plans -- presumably the kind that rich CEOs have, with no-wait "concierge medicine" and lots of other perks.

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Blowback: New Evidence The Health Tax Is Unfair, Unwise ... and Could Be Political Suicide RJ 2009

What would happen if you offered a ten-minute no-wait guarantee?

The Answer John Assaraf 2008

What would happen if you offered a ten-minute no-wait guarantee?

The Answer John Assaraf 2008

I daydreamed about a parking space right in front, plastic vegetable bags that open, no-wait deli counters, sales on Crystal Light and hair color, and a checkout person who is fast, friendly, and honors my just-expired coupons.

Holding the World by the Hand Gigi Schweikert 2005

I daydreamed about a parking space right in front, plastic vegetable bags that open, no-wait deli counters, sales on Crystal Light and hair color, and a checkout person who is fast, friendly, and honors my just-expired coupons.

Holding the World by the Hand Gigi Schweikert 2005

The article contrasts these with the Disney parks' FastPass system, which requires you to go to each ride you want to queue-jump and use a machine to get a time-stamped pass that's good for a no-wait ride later in the day.

Boing Boing: June 30, 2002 - July 6, 2002 Archives 2002

"Actually, no-wait, they ought to be used to this sort of weather, shouldn't they?"

Storm Rising Lackey, Mercedes 1995