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Source Stats Through 2004 - Processing

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Flag's Processing Stats are Up from 2003, Down from the 80s and 90s

Processing is the single most important category to watch at Flag. It accounts for fully 50% of all completions reported in Source, and covers both lower-level processing, including the Grades and Clear, and upper-level processing, including all OT levels except OT VIII (which is only available on the Freewinds). It also includes the expensive L Rundowns - L 10, L 11, and L 12 - which are only available at Flag.

Total Completions

Although Processing completions for 2004 show a one-year uptrend (stats fell from 2002 to 2003), Flag has shown higher Processing completions in many previous years. Annual completions were higher during each of the six years from 1986 to 1991, which is particularly remarkable given that the Solo Auditor Certainty Courses were not added to the list of services until 1996 (as part of the Golden Age of Tech) - the Certainty Courses make up 20% of all completions during the past 10 years. Total Processing completions at Flag were also higher in 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1998 than they were in 2004.

Lower-Level Processing Services

Entry-level services can be done at many orgs and missions, while Flag concentrates on high-level services, some of which are exclusive to Flag. Nevertheless, entry-level processing accounts for about 15% of all processing completions. The graph illustrates how much these services have fallen off - while stats for all these services are, predictably, lower than the 1989 peak, they are also well down from levels in the late 1990s.

Scientology Grades Completions

The Scientology Grades are the main levels on the road to Clear. The graph shows two unexpected surges in Grades completions well after the late 1980s peak - one in 1995 and another in 1998. Stats for these levels crashed in 2000. While 2004 completions are well up from 2000, annual completions in the late 1990s were generally much higher, when they were often double or triple their 2004 levels.

Clear and Sunshine Rundown Completions

While Clear attests and completions of the subsequent Sunshine Rundown are up slightly from 2003, they remain lower than 2002 numbers, and are just half of 1993 levels.

Solo Auditor Courses

This is one area where Flag shows signs of a genuine, fairly steady uptrend. Following a slow, wavering decline from the 1989 peak to a low in 1997, stats for these two courses have followed an up-and-down climb.

OT Preparations and OT Eligibility

These two services, prerequisites to the OT Levels, have been bucking up and down since the early 90s. 2004 OT Preparations are up a bit over 2003, while OT Eligibility completions are down from 2003. Both statistics are about half the peak level of 1989.

OT Levels

Like so many Flag statistics, these stats show the usual 1989 peak, followed by a long decline, then an upward climb. However, the two highest levels - OT VI and New OT VII Solo NOTs - have shown little stability. OT VI is up from 2003 but still lower then 2002 totals, while 2004 OT VII completions are down from 2003.

Solo NOTs Certainty Courses

This graph must give pause to Scientology execs and Flag staff. The Solo NOTs Auditor Certainty Courses are required for all pre-OTs on OT VI, OT VII, and OT VIII. After a large number of completions when they were introduced in the late 1990s, completions have waned dramatically, and the very low numbers seen throughout the 2000s are currently on a downward trend.

The L Rundowns

The three L Rundowns are very expensive, and they are only available at Flag. Current annual completions are about half what they were during most of the 1985-1995 period, and completions for L 10 and L 11 have declined since 2003. (L 12 has stayed steady, with 64 completions in 2003 and again in 2004.)

The following table shows completion tallies for Processing at Flag, Scientology's world headquarters in Clearwater, Florida, based on completions listed in Source magazine. I've broken the table into two sections to reduce the page width.

Source Processing Completion Statistics, 1976 - 2004

Year	'76	'77	'78	'79	'80	'81	'82	'83	'84	'85	'86	'87	'88	'89	'90
THE PURIFICATION RUNDOWN					235	121	87	7		2	6	42	61	115	57
OBJECTIVE AUDITING										42	78	118	102	198	89
METHOD ONE WORD CLEARING		31	29	9						16	73	173	102	348	204
LIFE REPAIR		28	20	8
SCIENTOLOGY DRUG RUNDOWN		93	45	15						15	160	183	118	311	152
ARC STRAIGHTWIRE		19	21	10						42	86	110	124	93	69
GRADE 0	33	21	31	65	103	50	56	13		43	80	109	83	87	57
GRADE I	31	19	29	61	84	56	59	10		40	64	99	95	86	51
GRADE II	27	24	29	54	95	46	54	5		35	54	89	84	80	48
GRADE III	33	21	27	45	101	46	54	8		28	49	85	71	70	50
GRADE IV	30	29	31	50	84	46	57	10		30	50	94	66	78	53
NED DRUG RUNDOWN
NED CASE COMPLETION			10	4				2		2		26	23	23	11
EXPANDED DIANETICS AUDITING	35	36	51
POWER		7		2	1	4				1	5	10	10	8	1
POWER PLUS	36	12	24		1	2				1	5	10	9	8	1
CLEAR	11	5	12	361	164	28	63	24		20	127	173	258	623	289
SUNSHINE RUNDOWN AUDITING							200	86		15	79	123	208	579	281
HUBBARD SOLO AUDITOR COURSE PART I	1		10	29	111	61	141	19		26	62	136	157	187	113
SOLO AUDITOR CERTAINTY COURSE
HUBBARD SOLO AUDITOR COURSE PART II										14	79	128	152	217	159
R6EW	12	3	12	1						1		2	2	8	2
CLEARING COURSE
OT PREPARATIONS										49	139	123	127	247	174
OT ELIGIBILITY										25	72	104	134	222	104
NEW OT I	8	4	13	55	130	57	155	20		33	72	106	143	201	150
OT II	11	9	13	41	116	65	161	17		37	78	105	144	208	146
OT III	7	7	18	53	107	63	147	28		35	90	122	139	199	144
OT III EXPANDED	15	4	11	14	1								10
NEW OT IV		3	6	9	89	156	146	38		60	102	149	137	259	145
NEW OT V AUDITED NOTS		1	4	109	90	2	157	44		102	138	169	127	422	160
NEW OT VI	1	1	3	3	4	2	191	49		143	207	297	195	461	315
OT VII [OLD]	9	4	11	7	1	25	2
SOLO NOTS COURSE					22	136	47
SOLO NOTS AUDITOR CERTAINTY COURSE
SOLO NOTS AUDITOR CERTAINTY COURSE, PART I
SOLO NOTS AUDITOR CERTAINTY COURSE, PART II
NEW OT VII SOLO NOTS			2	5						50	175	204	323	525	249
L 10	77	48	58	42	43	37	88	24		33	78	93	152	181	145
L 11	64	46	52	42	39	42	89	22		59	279	628	340	800	471
L 12	46	44	59	76	61	26	61	23		33	96	158	162	299	250
2. PROCESSING	487	519	631	1170	1682	1071	2015	449	0	1032	2583	3968	3858	7143	4140

	'91	'92	'93	'94	'95	'96	'97	'98	'99	'00	'01	'02	'03	'04	TOTAL
THE PURIFICATION RUNDOWN	77	64	69	47	105	122	53	108	63	28	47	64	68	41	1689
OBJECTIVE AUDITING	128	61	85	93	123	76	82	104	96	53	44	34	35	31	1672
METHOD ONE WORD CLEARING	155	109	86	76	89	215	25	18	53	21	29	73	41	57	2032
LIFE REPAIR												8	4	5	73
SCIENTOLOGY DRUG RUNDOWN	162	116	131	132	177	112	138	149	128	65	54	38	39	25	2558
ARC STRAIGHTWIRE	74	62	70	112	144	86	75	184	56	23	30	29	32	44	1595
GRADE 0	47	51	50	102	136	71	83	139	33	19	21	33	33	51	1700
GRADE I	37	48	43	96	125	63	69	129	43	16	14	20	29	41	1557
GRADE II	30	38	40	59	100	54	60	85	29	14	24	19	18	39	1333
GRADE III	36	31	41	60	110	41	72	74	29	8	19	18	23	46	1296
GRADE IV	35	31	46	51	102	56	72	87	26	8	17	17	28	45	1329
NED DRUG RUNDOWN														4	4
NED CASE COMPLETION	22	22	18	13	20	6	12	3	7	2	8	17	20	49	320
EXPANDED DIANETICS AUDITING					1			2			2				127
POWER	3	6	15	12	14	7	8	8	7	4	10	26	24	43	236
POWER PLUS	3	6	15	12	15	4	9	7	7	4	10	26	23	42	292
CLEAR	279	36	193	136	109	116	73	61	86	44	46	96	51	76	3560
SUNSHINE RUNDOWN AUDITING	268	40	184	120	71	78	63	50	85	40	80	126	54	92	2922
HUBBARD SOLO AUDITOR COURSE PART I	109	49	73	39	36	22	17	29	51	44	59	88	65	89	1823
SOLO AUDITOR CERTAINTY COURSE						13	28	5	12	16	9	11	12	24	130
HUBBARD SOLO AUDITOR COURSE PART II	146	49	85	62	45	48	21	23	43	19	44	85	64	117	1600
R6EW	3	4				4			1	2	4	9	8	24	102
CLEARING COURSE													3	9	12
OT PREPARATIONS	136	55	108	89	64	52	26	48	100	68	88	118	76	112	1999
OT ELIGIBILITY	75	47	62	56	74	27	19	14	25	15	37	75	87	72	1346
NEW OT I	130	59	67	54	41	28	15	16	36	15	26	68	65	96	1863
OT II	131	56	69	56	36	30	18	17	33	19	24	70	75	101	1886
OT III	154	65	56	59	47	26	23	12	22	26	23	58	82	112	1924
OT III EXPANDED															55
NEW OT IV	150	68	69	66	53	38	37	17	23	24	39	82	70	135	2170
NEW OT V AUDITED NOTS	146	70	75	58	66	72	51	44	30	15	67	116	143	165	2643
NEW OT VI	269	128	119	100	108	147	47	80	93	42	39	212	165	183	3604
OT VII [OLD]														49	108
SOLO NOTS COURSE															205
SOLO NOTS AUDITOR CERTAINTY COURSE														26	26
SOLO NOTS AUDITOR CERTAINTY COURSE, PART I						43	961	630	226	61	48	89	53	21	2132
SOLO NOTS AUDITOR CERTAINTY COURSE, PART II						28	638	425	215	55	52	127	60	21	1621
NEW OT VII SOLO NOTS	122	21	25	63	32	13					16	110	112	97	2144
L 10	168	108	105	120	104	84	43	28	13	32	33	60	71	65	2133
L 11	357	208	290	255	274	211	149	101	64	75	115	139	152	124	5487
L 12	256	161	206	192	203	70	23	30	13	20	24	51	64	64	2771
2. PROCESSING	3708	1869	2495	2390	2624	2063	3010	2727	1748	897	1202	2212	1949	2437	62079

This page was last updated on February 11, 2005 by Kristi Wachter.