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A 19-year-old woman walks into a metropolitan emergency department with her sister ninety minutes after swallowing thirty modified-release paracetamol tablets. She is calm, fully orientated and in no pain, has not vomited, and asks whether she can step outside for a cigarette while she waits. Respiratory rate 16/min, oxygen saturation 99% on room air, heart rate 78/min, blood pressure 116/72 mmHg, temperature 36.8 °C. Fourteen other people are waiting. Which one of the following triage allocations, with its maximum time to the start of assessment and treatment, applies to her?