Before one can determine whether a Navy program is responsive, it is necessary to know what the needs of the fleet are. For example, in the case of diving, what are the present and projected requirements for fleet operations. Establishing future requirements involves the subjective assessment of future fleet needs, but evaluating present requirements can be done by looking at the operations taking place now. The statistical survey is a first attempt to assess the adequacy of the data available and to provide a rough statistical description of the environment, personnel, and procedures presently existing in current Navy diving operations. The survey is a joint effort between the Navy Safety Center and the Naval Medical Research Institute. The fleet diving log data for the 24-month period from January 1972 through December 1973 has been analyzed for this study. The results of this analysis have possible widespread application in policy decisions about diver personnel management, diver training, and future diving research.
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