Regardless, it is apparent that waiting to introduce abstract scientific concepts until high school has not been a particularly effective strategy.
That makes Pennington's position today all the more stark: he is the heir apparent whose wait to ascend the throne seems as lengthy as Prince Charles's.
Sir Richard Thompson, president of the Royal College of Physicians, which represents hospital doctors, said: "The apparent rise in waiting lists is both worrying for patients and evidence of an underlying cause – the increasing pressures on the NHS in general.
These apparent differences in waiting time cut-off point, signify that most cut-off points are set fairly arbitrarily and it raises the question which waiting time thresholds would signify timely access to care and could from that viewpoint be deemed acceptable.
We begin in total darkness with a very long pause in which the lights are brought up a little, and it becomes apparent that JEG is waiting for the lights to fully come on before he gives us our upbeat, but that the lighting team are waiting for his upbeat as their cue to bring up our lights.
For no apparent reason, Philips waited six months to send me the signed renewal contract, leaving me in an agonizingly stressful limbo.
After several hours of waiting, it became apparent to those on board that help was not on the way.
Halfway through Interpol's set it became apparent most fans were simply waiting it out for Friday night headliners, OutKast.
