I can't imagine an emergency evacuation to be anything *but* that. Adrenaline takes over and convention will go out of the window.

In any case, during an evacuation on a typical narrowbody you've got rear x2, middle x4 and front x2, not just the one door at the front. (Does anyone feel a bit "cornered" in a rear-engined narrowbody where you're in the rear section and there are no rear doors, e.g. Fokker 70 and 100? I do.)

Neil