Table D-1.  Number of 18 Year-Old Youth and Military Non-Prior Service (NPS) Accessions by Gender, 1950-2011 (in Thousands)
		18 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS		NPS	PERCENTAGE			18 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS		NPS	PERCENTAGE
	YEAR	MALES	FEMALES	ACCESSIONS	OF CIVILIANS		YEAR	MALES	FEMALES	ACCESSIONS	OF CIVILIANS
	1954	1,075	1,060	576	27.0		1983	2,022	1,955	303	7.6
	1955	1,074	1,068	623	29.1		1984	1,922	1,852	305	8.1
	1956	1,132	1,113	482	21.5		1985	1,877	1,809	301	8.2
	1957	1,148	1,126	457	20.1		1986	1,849	1,774	314	8.7
	1958	1,164	1,143	367	15.9		1987	1,892	1,812	296	8.0
	1959	1,228	1,203	392	16.1		1988	1,947	1,856	271	7.1
	1960	1,323	1,289	389	14.9		1989	1,994	1,894	278	7.1
	1961	1,507	1,469	395	13.3		1990	1,849	1,755	224	6.2
	1962	1,424	1,393	519	18.4		1991	1,740	1,651	206	6.1
	1963	1,409	1,377	370	13.3		1992	1,696	1,615	202	6.1
	1964	1,398	1,365	477	17.3		1993	1,740	1,653	203	6.0
	1965	1,929	1,876	414	10.9		1994	1,716	1,633	176	5.3
	1966	1,792	1,743	903	25.5		1995	1,796	1,710	167	4.8
	1967	1,794	1,751	770	21.7		1996	1,812	1,726	179	5.1
	1968	1,791	1,749	843	23.8		1997	1,869	1,780	189	5.2
	1969	1,858	1,818	822	22.4		1998	1,965	1,872	180	4.7
	1970	1,914	1,868	632	16.7		1999	1,965	1,873	184	4.8
	1971	1,962	1,917	544	14.0		2000	2,011	1,918	179	4.6
	1972	2,010	1,966	418	10.5		2001	2,037	1,933	183	4.6
	1973	2,052	2,000	406	10.0		2002	2,001	1,898	182	4.7
	1974	2,078	2,024	389	9.5		2003	2,063	1,957	176	4.4
	1975	2,159	2,097	410	9.6		2004	2,074	1,966	176	4.4
	1976	2,164	2,101	393	9.2		2005	2,081	1,975	152	3.8
	1977	2,159	2,099	495	11.6		2006	2,110	2,005	167	4.1
	1978	2,157	2,090	306	7.2		2007	2,160	2,050	159	3.8
	1979	2,196	2,121	311	7.2		2008	2,241	2,127	172	3.9
	1980	2,156	2,089	361	8.5		2009	2,253	2,140	162	3.7
	1981	2,128	2,058	305	7.3		2010	2,148	2,013	161	3.8
	1982	2,107	2,030	305	7.4		2011	2,177	2,064	153	3.6
	Sources:  America’s Volunteers: A Report on the All-Volunteer Forces (Washington, DC:  DoD, December 1978); Patterson, D. A., & Haskins, J. A.,
	The Air Force, Conscription, and the All-Volunteer Force (Montgomery, AL:  Air University  Press, December 1987);  DMDC; and OASD (FMP)
	(MPP)(AP).
	Civilian data compiled by the Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC (21 June 1993).
	Accessions reported for 1954-1963 include males only; including females would increase accessions by less than 2 percent.