For some time, queries have had the ability to show additional data for a selected record, such as entity, activity, and file note details, or stats, as shown here -
... this has now been extended to show a full entity record, an individual activity record, or the file notes for an activity.
This provides a lot of flexibility in the use of queries, from reviewing data to creating workflows (eg. a staff member starts a record after which it appears on a manager's dashboard for approval).