You'd better like grapefruit -- a lot. Most versions of this diet recommend eating it with every meal. The classic version of the diet involves: Cutting back on sugar and carbs (including rice, potatoes, and pasta) Avoiding certain foods, such as celery and white onion.
As one of several measures of efficiency, the Medicare data shows the average wait time in an emergency department until the patient is seen by a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician's assistant â and compares that to state and national averages of 33 and 30 minutes.
The average amount of time it took a police officer to respond to a 911 call reporting a crime in progress was 10.3 minutes in fiscal 1999, up from 9.8 minutes the year before, according to statistics released this week by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.ow that more officers are out on anti-drug initiatives, the argument goes, they are not in patrol cars, available to respond to 911 calls. Police officials have long credited this special-unit strategy with preventing crimes.