As an aside to this, I've noticed a lot of healers using Raise while standing in silly places. Since the target of Raise teleports to where the mage was when the spell was cast, it would serve them better to move to a relatively safer location for the job. As a White Mage myself it pains me that I need to remind my fellow healers to watch their positioning, but it still happens.

I do agree though, the Raise delay can be a real pain. It does make you think twice about casting Raise, but not always in a good way.