I know it is a tiny bit off topic but an AFCI <bedroom> receptacle is required to next to the panel. The intent was exactly what Bob is talking about. Retrofitting old panels.
In the case of GFCIs it is good design to have the receptacle in the room it controls but I am not sure where it is "code". Don't you ever see back to back bathrooms with counter receptacles fed from the GFCI in one of them?
