Judging by the "yes you're on the order of merit" e-mail, it sounds like they intend to get people through quickly:
At this stage we have current opportunities available for the April and June 2010 courses (sooner than we had expected), as well as several courses soon to be scheduled for the second half of 2010. Which course you will be offered is determined by your position on the Merit List.
They had told me at my panel interview to expect if you're high on the OOM that you would get offered first half of 2010, if you're low on it it could be as late as early 2011. Good to know that it could be sooner rather then later.
I suppose no one has any idea how many people were put on the order of merit from this round of applications?