I think this is one of the more intriguing things about TOM. I may be wrong but I thik this is the first book in which there has not been a single scene from Rands POV. It had to be intentional. There were several different scenes that would have flowed better if we had seen them from Rand's POV, but they were not written that way. However, they WERE written in such a way as to almost seem to be from his point of view. The courtyard in Tear is a good example.

I find this really interesting, and wonder about the significance.