Table D-3.  Ratio of Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions to Applicants, FYs 1976-2009
       
FISCAL YEAR ACCESSIONS1 APPLICANTS RATIO
1976 282,985 609,054 0.465
1977 374,828 762,086 0.492
1978 303,734 585,820 0.518
1979 306,758 609,361 0.503
1980 351,693 768,532 0.458
1981 300,970 800,103 0.376
1982 300,955 793,738 0.379
1983 299,455 728,657 0.411
1984 305,063 629,281 0.485
1985 297,354 626,218 0.475
1986 312,621 628,532 0.497
1987 295,225 600,769 0.491
1988 270,994 509,172 0.532
1989 277,113 571,884 0.485
1990 223,401 487,819 0.458
1991 204,882 428,321 0.478
1992 201,565 372,554 0.541
1993 202,909 379,291 0.535
1994 176,409 343,176 0.514
1995 167,287 355,641 0.470
1996 179,133 373,473 0.480
1997 188,895 391,666 0.482
1998 180,031 346,735 0.519
1999 183,768 343,945 0.534
2000 178,833 365,348 0.489
2001 182,976 369,780 0.495
2002 181,510 380,996 0.476
2003 176,408 352,839 0.500
2004 175,972 309,261 0.569
2005 152,160 289,713 0.525
2006 167,389 316,102 0.530
2007 159,246 296,615 0.537
2008 172,044 333,663 0.516
2009 161,605 374,368 0.432
   
  1. Accessions are based on the DMDC edited version of the Military Entrance Processing Command (MEPCOM) file. 
      Before FY 1994, these numbers differ from accessions reported in Tables D4-D10, which are based on the unedited file 
      received from MEPCOM.