Detecting most recent touch

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Auburn(Posted 2012) [#1]
Is there anyway to detect which touch was started most recently or has somebody created a function to do this?

Would be useful as I am using touch to the left/right of the screen to control movement and when switching directions fast you often don't remove your last finger before placing down another finger on the other side and direction does not change until the original finger is lifted off the screen.