Under-18s are currently enduring waits of as long as 18 months, the NHS regulator said recently.
A skilful lobbying campaign over the past few months has resulted in damaging headlines of passengers enduring waits of up to three hours at passport control.
And, sitting quietly on a bench by the window, enduring the wait for plea and directions in case number T20027291 Goddard Stuart L, is Adam Ant.
The following evening, on July 4 on the deck of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy - against the eerily stunning backdrop of the Statue of Liberty and the New York skyline - Mr. Reagan addressed thousands of sailors, many of them restless after enduring a wait of hours.
But now that he's up-to-speed, the idea of enduring a wait period between episodes when the third season rolls out is still weighing heavy on his TV heart.
It should not be overlooked that veterans have been committing suicide, enduring long wait times for disability benefits, and dealing with a wide array of others issues ignored by Congress for the past decade.
A child spent more than six days in A&E waiting for a bed on a ward as one of a growing number of patients enduring "trolley waits" of more than 24 hours.
The general in charge of the Walter Reed hospital was relieved of his command on Thursday following disclosures that wounded soldiers who were being treated as outpatients there were living in dilapidated quarters and enduring long waits for treatment.
This is how Paul Krugman spent the 1990s, bitterly enduring and waiting for capitalism's crack and his Keynesian hour.
The lines snaking around the block all day long, with people enduring long waits to try their baked goods, coffees, and crepes as if we didn't already know how popular the chocolatey hazelnut spread is.
In Michigan, a dementia patient moaned and thrashed at home in a broken hospital bed, enduring long waits for pain relief in the last 11 days of life, and prompting the patient's caregiver to call nurses and ask, "What am I gonna do?
