Table D-3.  Ratio of Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions to Applicants, FYs 1976-2018
       
FISCAL YEAR ACCESSIONS1 APPLICANTS RATIO
1976 393,362 609,054 0.646
1977 495,109 762,086 0.650
1978 305,644 585,820 0.522
1979 310,679 609,361 0.510
1980 360,745 768,532 0.469
1981 304,506 800,103 0.381
1982 305,459 793,738 0.385
1983 303,461 728,657 0.416
1984 305,063 629,281 0.485
1985 301,017 626,218 0.481
1986 313,777 628,532 0.499
1987 296,325 600,769 0.493
1988 271,244 509,172 0.533
1989 277,820 571,884 0.486
1990 223,725 487,819 0.459
1991 205,501 428,321 0.480
1992 201,622 372,554 0.541
1993 203,115 379,291 0.536
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
2010 160,511 308,112 0.521
2011 153,314 283,108 0.542
2012 154,427 255,999 0.603
2013 164,674 248,932 0.662
2014 138,902 216,182 0.643
2015 145,270 245,309 0.592
2016 151,390 245,649 0.616
2017 159,583 247,785 0.611
2018 163,582 252,619 0.648
   
1. Accessions are based on the DMDC edited version of the Military Entrance Processing Command (MEPCOM) file.