Table D-15.  Active Component Officer Accessions, FYs 1973-2009
  SERVICE  
FISCAL ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL
YEAR # % # % # % # % DoD
1973 10,928 34.6% 7,369 23.3% 2,631 8.3% 10,635 33.7% 31,563
1974 8,282 32.7% 6,503 25.7% 1,969 7.8% 8,548 33.8% 25,302
1975 8,065 34.2% 5,637 23.9% 2,216 9.4% 7,685 32.6% 23,603
1976 7,943 36.1% 5,912 26.9% 2,035 9.3% 6,097 27.7% 21,987
1977 7,863 36.4% 5,718 26.5% 1,689 7.8% 6,324 29.3% 21,594
1978 9,109 38.5% 5,423 22.9% 1,613 6.8% 7,494 31.7% 23,639
1979 8,579 32.9% 5,740 22.0% 1,624 6.2% 10,132 38.9% 26,075
1980 8,055 32.2% 6,015 24.0% 1,522 6.1% 9,450 37.7% 25,042
1981 8,254 33.6% 6,707 27.3% 1,506 6.1% 8,086 32.9% 24,553
1982 7,248 30.2% 6,262 26.1% 1,784 7.4% 8,700 36.3% 23,994
1983 7,618 30.2% 6,626 26.3% 1,923 7.6% 9,034 35.8% 25,201
1984 8,185 33.6% 5,405 22.2% 1,627 6.7% 9,170 37.6% 24,387
1985 8,051 31.6% 6,942 27.2% 1,407 5.5% 9,109 35.7% 25,509
1986 7,564 32.0% 6,772 28.6% 1,592 6.7% 7,727 32.7% 23,655
1987 6,794 32.9% 5,781 28.0% 1,374 6.6% 6,731 32.5% 20,680
1988 6,818 32.8% 5,921 28.5% 1,351 6.5% 6,679 32.2% 20,769
1989 7,457 33.2% 5,944 26.4% 1,652 7.3% 7,427 33.0% 22,480
1990 6,457 33.5% 6,184 32.0% 1,384 7.2% 5,276 27.3% 19,301
1991 5,531 33.2% 4,814 28.9% 1,292 7.7% 5,035 30.2% 16,672
1992 5,269 32.5% 4,851 29.9% 1,377 8.5% 4,732 29.2% 16,229
1993 5,104 34.4% 3,992 26.9% 1,040 7.0% 4,683 31.6% 14,819
1994 5,703 36.3% 4,051 25.8% 1,221 7.8% 4,755 30.2% 15,730
1995 5,578 35.4% 4,041 25.7% 1,257 8.0% 4,870 30.9% 15,746
1996 4,964 33.2% 3,858 25.8% 1,565 10.5% 4,566 30.5% 14,953
1997 5,736 36.5% 3,981 25.3% 1,428 9.1% 4,573 29.1% 15,718
1998 5,381 34.5% 4,007 25.7% 1,443 9.3% 4,763 30.5% 15,594
1999 5,303 32.4% 4,518 27.6% 1,446 8.8% 5,090 31.1% 16,357
2000 5,820 33.2% 4,801 27.4% 1,470 8.4% 5,457 31.1% 17,548
2001 5,937 33.8% 5,022 28.6% 1,411 8.0% 5,211 29.6% 17,581
2002 6,423 29.8% 5,340 24.8% 2,042 9.5% 7,713 35.8% 21,518
2003 6,334 33.7% 4,123 21.9% 1,323 7.0% 7,028 37.4% 18,808
2004 6,303 33.0% 5,700 29.9% 1,251 6.6% 5,830 30.5% 19,084
2005 6,517 37.2% 3,581 20.5% 1,929 11.0% 5,482 31.3% 17,509
2006 6,735 40.9% 3,746 22.7% 1,596 9.7% 4,409 26.7% 16,486
2007 7,535 42.5% 3,860 21.8% 1,928 10.9% 4,390 24.8% 17,713
2008 7,494 42.9% 4,024 23.1% 1,838 10.5% 4,101 23.5% 17,457
2009 7,875 43.0% 4,068 22.2% 1,678 9.2% 4,711 25.7% 18,332