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Other ranks
	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Services no longer required and disciplinary( 1)	1,410	1,570	1,580	1,780	1,990	1,960	2,240	2,430	(2)2,240
Naval Service	120	170	240	300	300	290	270	270	270
OR-6 to OR-9	10	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
OR-1 to OR-4	110	160	230	300	290	280	260	270	270
Army	1,220	1,360	1,290	1,430	1,650	1,630	1,890	2,070	1,840
OR-6 to OR-9	10	10	10	0	10	0	0	10	10
OR-1 to OR-4	1,220	1,350	1,280	1,420	1,640	10 1,620	1,890	2,070	1,840
RAF	70	40	60	50	50	40	80	90	(2)130
OR-6 to OR-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(2)0
OR-1 to OR-4	60	40	50	50	50	40	80	90	(2)120
Medical( 3)	1,170	1,080	1,150	1,000	1,000	900	830	1,020	(2)1,060
Naval Service	440	500	540	450	390	330	280	380	390
OR-6 to OR-9	100	110	140	110	100	80	70	100	90
OR-1 to OR-4	340	390	390	340	300	250	200	280	300
Army	530	430	460	400	460	470	320	500	480
OR-6 to OR-9	60	40	60	60	80	80	40	90	70
OR-1 to OR-4	470	390	400	340	380	390	280	410	410
RAF	200	150	150	150	140	100	230	140	(2)190
OR-6 to OR-9	50	40	40	60	50	40	70	50	(2)50
OR-1 to OR-4	150	110	110	100	90	60	160	90	(2)140
Redundancy( 4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(2)80
Naval Service	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OR-6 to OR-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OR-1 to OR-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Army	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OR-6 to OR-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OR-1 to OR-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RAF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(2)80
OR-6 to OR-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(2)10
OR-1 to OR-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(2)70
Time Expiry( 5)	4,390	4,480	4,210	4,140	3,870	3,880	3,140	3,070	(2)3,580
Naval Service	1,190	1,170	1,110	1,000	890	890	740	580	420
OR-6 to OR-9	1,000	1,020	960	840	690	700	550	460	350
OR-1 to OR-4	190	150	160	160	200	190	190	120	70
Army	1,560	1,720	1,770	1,730	1,690	1,810	1,570	1,840	2,290
OR-6 to OR-9	1,260	1,350	1,560	1,470	1,460	1,540	1,370	1,630	2,030
OR-1 to OR-4	300	370	210	270	230	270	210	220	260
RAF	1,630	1,590	1,320	1,400	1,290	1,180	820	640	(2)870
OR-6 to OR-9	430	440	400	430	410	400	300	310	(2)380
OR-1 to OR-4	1,200	1,160	930	960	880	790	520	330	(2)480
(1) Includes personnel leaving due to irregular enlistment. (2) Due to the introduction of a new personnel administration system for RAF, all RAF data for financial year 2005-06 are provisional and subject to review. (3) Includes all personnel who have been considered medically unfit for continued service. It should be noted however that in certain instances personnel may be willingly leaving the armed forces. (4) Figures are for those personnel who have been made redundant on compulsory terms. (5) Time expiry refers to personnel who reach the end of their engagement/commission and leave. This may include a number of personnel who do not wish to leave the armed forces but who are not transferred to a longer engagement/commission. These personnel cannot be separated from those who wish to leave the armed forces. Notes: 1. Figures are for UK regular forces which includes nursing services and excludes full time reserve service personnel, Gurkhas, the home service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. 2. Due to the rounding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in five have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

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