Qualified applicants now wait more than a decade to get in.

However, in 2005 an estimated 100,000 applicants were waiting for telephone line installation.

According to the rules of Eurocontrol, unsuccessful applicants must wait 2 years before a second attempt.

Rejected applicants must wait at least two years to re-apply.

Given the appeal of making a Steinway, an applicant might wait several years before a position opens.

Only 150 asylum officers exist to hear their claims; 364,000 applicants are waiting in line.

Once forms have been filled out, applicants wait two weeks to learn if they are accepted.

Finding it in many cities is another kind of nightmare: applicants often must wait months.

If an applicant waits longer than 18 months, he/she will have to retake the 60-hour course and exam.

So applicants from India and China often wait several years for an open slot before they can even apply.