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Table 4
a
High-Quality Enlisted Accessions by Service, FY73 to FY97 (as total number and percentage
of enlistments)
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Service
Marine
Fiscal
Army
Navy
Corps
Air Force
Total DoD
Year
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
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1973
63,476  37.4
43,174  46.1
12,190  24.9
54,751  58.5
173,591  42.8
1974
55,770  31.0
39,526  43.9
12,999  28.7
43,144  58.8
151,439  39.0
1975
68,464  38.0
48,535  49.3
18,320  32.1
46,819  63.4
182,138  44.5
1976
64,739  36.2
51,465  56.3
22,920  44.5
51,891  72.5
191,015  48.6
1977
39,688  18.3
42,360  32.8
14,097  24.5
38,128  41.7
134,273  27.1
1978
28,496  23.3
29,270  37.5
10,961  28.7
31,980  47.7
100,707  33.0
1979
23,747  18.5
27,710  36.0
10,586  27.3
28,850  43.3
90,893  29.3
1980
32,483  20.5
38,982  44.0
14,705  34.9
39,776  55.6
125,946  34.9
1981
30,258  27.7
34,968  40.7
14,179  36.5
36,241  51.4
115,646  38.0
1982
45,300  37.7
34,906  43.6
15,246  40.2
37,653  56.0
133,105  43.6
1983
58,062  43.8
39,021  52.8
16,592  45.3
39,452  65.5
153,127  50.5
1984
59,342  45.8
40,771  52.8
18,161  46.4
40,744  68.9
159,018  52.1
1985
58,328  49.0
40,201  48.5
16,567  48.7
43,371  66.8
158,467  52.7
1986
65,880  52.0
41,084  46.5
20,513  59.2
43,925  68.6
171,402  54.6
1987
69,676  57.9
45,676  52.1
20,630  61.5
41,374  75.7
177,356  59.9
1988
61,836  58.5
46,294  51.6
22,399  64.1
33,105  81.2
163,634  60.4
1989
60,242  53.7
41,949  46.8
20,689  62.8
35,825  83.0
158,705  57.1
1990
51,749  61.2
37,708  53.4
20,130  61.2
30,151  84.3
139,738  62.4
1991
55,353  71.3
41,035  59.9
19,451  65.6
25,135  84.5
140,974  68.6
1992
58,514  76.4
37,760  64.6
21,872  68.8
29,274  84.1
147,420  73.1
1993
47,741  64.6
39,797  63.0
22,734  65.4
24,638  78.7
134,910  66.4
1994
39,329  64.1
33,526  62.7
20,045  63.1
23,588  79.3
116,488  66.0
1995
36,494  63.6
28,059  59.5
19,842  62.1
25,355  82.4
109,750  65.6
1996
42,595  60.9
26,935  58.4
20,054  61.7
24,702  80.9
114,286  63.8
1997
43,754  57.6
30,165  61.4
20,974  61.8
23,314  77.4
118,207  62.6
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a
High-quality individuals are high school graduates who are in AFQT categories I through IIIA.
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