but shocking figures uncovered by labour yesterday show some patients are suffering agonising waits of as many as 541 days to begin treatment..

he let it ring and ring. "aren't you going to answer it?" his wife asked. "no, i know what's on the other line," olczyk said..

(soundbite of les pommes de ma douche's "trompettes de la renommee") transcript provided by npr, copyright npr...