National Insurance Number

LAst friday, over a week ago now, I had my National Insurance Number interview. The NIN is the equivalent of the Aussie Tax File Number, though their excuse is that it's for the national health scheme, and just happens to be used to track tax as well....
Anyway, I was quite nervous, and got there very early so had to wait a while, but it all went alright, really nice guy. It was all done through some really thick glass - I guess they've had trouble in the past. So I should be getting my number in January some time.