0 the quickest route to a successful position:
1 using a quicker than normal route to a higher position or level:
fast-track opportunities
They've introduced a fast-track system for brighter pupils which will allow thousands to take their GCSE exams two years early.
2 the quickest, but usually most competitive, route to success or improvement
3 a way of making progress or achieving something more quickly than usual, especially in your job:
4 to make it easier for something to happen or for someone to achieve something more quickly than usual:
She has been replaced by a fast-track graduate whom some feel lacks the necessary experience.
Some countries are offering fast-track entry to IT personnel.
The fast-track procedure for negotiating trade deals has been in place for years.
Another anxiety concerns the net-widening effects of much welfare work which can operate to fast-track some young people into the formal youth justice system.
The advantages of being subject to the fast-track processes can be significant.
These fast-track processes gives special treatment to the individuals with the target diseases for the selected therapies.
The degree to which any of these effects would be observed depends upon the magnitude of the advantage available from the fast-track system.
Where judicial rulings of incompatibility are made, the government can utilize a 'fast-track' procedure to amend legislation.
